Velachery Assembly constituency

Velachery
Velachery
Constituency No. 26 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai South
Established	2008
Total electors	217,171
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent R. Kumar
Party	[[Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam\|Template:Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam/meta/shortname]]
Alliance	TVK+
Elected year	2026

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Velachery is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2008.^[1] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 26. It forms a part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
2011	M. K. Ashok	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Vagai Chandrasekhar^[2]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana	Indian National Congress
2026	R. Kumar	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2026			43.42%
2021			39.15%
2016			39.96%
2011			53.91%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	R. Kumar	80,430	43.42	New
	AIADMK	M. K. Ashok	47,125	25.50	11.16
	INC	J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana	45,928	24.85	14.30
	NTK	Keerthana	7,697	4.16	3.94
	NOTA	NOTA	1,336	0.72	0.28
Margin of victory			33,305	18.02	15.53
Turnout			1,84,815
Rejected ballots
Registered electors			2,17,171
	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam gain from INC		Swing	43.42

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana	68,493	39.15	*New*
	AIADMK	M. K. Ashok	64,141	36.66	+1.75
	MNM	Santhosh Babu	23,072	13.19	New
	NTK	M. Keerthana	14,171	8.10	+5.81
	AMMK	M. Chandrabose	1,977	1.13	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,742	1.00	−1.41
Margin of victory			4,352	2.49	-2.57
Turnout			174,972	55.63	−2.71
Rejected ballots			70	0.04
Registered electors			314,537
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-0.82

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Vagai Chandrasekhar	70,139	39.96	*New*
	AIADMK	C. Munusamy	61,267	34.91	−19.01
	BJP	P. Sritharan	14,472	8.25	+3.62
	DMDK	V. N. Rajan	9,654	5.50	New
	PMK	Vinoba Bhoopathy	6,809	3.88	−29.22
	NOTA	NOTA	4,225	2.41	New
	NTK	N. Chandrasekaran	4,011	2.29	New
	Independent	Raja Krishnamoorthy @ Kitty	2,477	1.41	New
Margin of victory			8,872	5.05	-15.76
Turnout			175,522	58.33	−8.71
Registered electors			300,891
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.95

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. K. Ashok	82,145	53.91	*New*
	PMK	M. Jayaraman	50,425	33.10	New
	Independent	E. Sarathbabu	7,472	4.90	New
	BJP	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan	7,048	4.63	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	Senthil Kumar Arumugam	1,225	0.80	New
	IJK	K. N. Seshadri	1,036	0.68	New
Margin of victory			31,720	20.82
Turnout			152,364	67.05
Registered electors			227,249
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 26. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
↑ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
↑ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[1] "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[2] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 26. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[3] "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[4] Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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