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Cheyyur
Constituency No. 34 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChengalpattu
Lok Sabha constituencyKancheepuram
Established2008
Total electors203,998
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
E. Rajasekar
Party AIADMK  
Alliance [[ National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]  
Elected year2026

Cheyyur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2008.[1] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 34. Located in Chengalpattu district, it comprises Cheyyur taluk and a portion of Tirukalukundram taluk. It is included in Kancheepuram Lok Sabha constituency for elections to the Parliament of India.[2] It is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
2011 V. S. Raji All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 R. T. Arasu[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 M. Babu Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
2026 E. Rajasekar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates
2026
34.02%
2021
46.49%
2016
37.51%
2011
55.59%

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK E. Rajasekar 63,809 34.02
TVK K. Mohanraja 58,141 30.99 New
VCK Sinthanai Selvan 57,909 30.87
NTK Swathi Lakshmi 4853 2.59 New
None of the above (India) NOTA 783 0.42
Margin of victory
Turnout 187,584
Registered electors 203998
AIADMK gain from VCK Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
VCK M. Babu 82,750 46.49%
AIADMK S. Kanitha 78,708 44.22% 6.89%
NTK R. Rajesh 9,653 5.42% 4.88%
DMDK A. Siva 3,054 1.72%
MNM P. Anbu Tamilsekaran 1,968 1.11%
NOTA Nota 1,141 0.64% −0.44%
BSP S. Ilayaraja 964 0.54% 0.11%
Margin of victory 4,042 2.27% 2.09%
Turnout 1,77,979 78.27% −1.84%
Registered electors 2,27,402
VCK gain from DMK Swing 8.98%

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Arasu R T 63,446 37.51%
AIADMK Munusamy A 63,142 37.33% −18.26%
VCK Ezhil Caroline 17,927 10.60%
PMK Sadaiyappan V 17,892 10.58%
NOTA None Of The Above 1,827 1.08%
BJP Sampath P 1,559 0.92% −0.06%
NTK Dhasarathan A 919 0.54%
Margin of victory 304 0.18% -18.69%
Turnout 1,69,134 80.11% −0.90%
Registered electors 2,11,135
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -18.08%

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. S . Raji 78,307 55.59%
VCK D. Parventhan 51,723 36.72%
PB O. E. Sankar 2,322 1.65%
Independent T. Raji 2,162 1.53%
BJP P. Sampath 1,387 0.98%
BSP V. Kathavarayan 1,241 0.88%
Independent M. Gangadharan 1,144 0.81%
IJK M. Murugan 1,030 0.73%
Independent A. Sankar 648 0.46%
Independent R. Palanivel 501 0.36%
Independent K. V. Suntharam 406 0.29%
Margin of victory 26,584 18.87% {{{change}}}
Turnout 1,73,908 81.00%
Registered electors 1,40,871
AIADMK win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  2. "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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 34. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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