Avadi (state assembly constituency)

Avadi
Avadi
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

Avadi is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, newly formed after constituency delimitation.^[2] It consists of a portion of Avadi taluk and includes Avadi. It is included in the Thiruvallur parliamentary constituency.^[3]

Year	Winner
2011	S. Abdul Rahim	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. Pandiarajan^[4]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. M. Nasar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			50.35%
2016			39.92%
2011			55.18%

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Nasar S M	150,287	50.35%	10.95%
	AIADMK	K. Pandiarajan	95,012	31.83%	−8.08%
	NTK	Vijayalakshmi G	30,087	10.08%	8.49%
	MNM	Udhayakumar V	17,092	5.73%
	NOTA	Nota	2,381	0.80%	−1.05%
	DMDK	Sankar N M	1,911	0.64%
	Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi	Balasubramanian M	1,263	0.42%
	BSP	Charles S	773	0.26%	−0.29%
	Independent	Pandiarajan G	360	0.12%
	Independent	Jayakumar P	300	0.10%
	Independent	Shanavas Khan J	231	0.08%
Margin of victory			55,275	18.52%	18.01%
Turnout			298,456	67.18%	−0.73%
Rejected ballots			989	0.33%
Registered electors			444,231
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	10.44%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Pandiarajan	1,08,064	39.92	15.26
	DMK	S. M. Nasar	1,06,669	39.40	39.40
	MDMK	Anthridoss R	22,848	8.44	8.44
	PMK	Anandakrishnan N	12,428	4.59	4.59
	BJP	Loganathan J	7,232	2.67	0.77
Margin of victory			1,395	0.52	21.15
Turnout			2,70,750	67.92	3.99
	AIADMK hold		Swing	15.26

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Abdul Rahim	1,10,102	55.18	55.18
	INC	Dhamotharan R	66,864	33.51	33.51
	IND	Jayaraman B	10,460	5.24	5.24
	BJP	Loganathan J	3,795	1.90	1.90
Margin of victory			43,238	21.67	----
Turnout			1,99,814	71.91	New
	AIADMK win (new seat)

↑ "Assembly Constituency Wise Form 21E Details" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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