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| Ambattur | |
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| Constituency No. 8 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| LS constituency | Sriperumbudur |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 384,377 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Joseph Samuel | |
| Party | DMK |
| Alliance | SPA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Ambattur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India that was newly formed after the 2008 constituency delimitation. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 8. Located in Chennai district, it consists of a portion of Ambattur taluk and part of Chennai corporation. It is included in Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Members of legislative Assembly
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | S. Vedachalam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | V. Alexander | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | Joseph Samuel | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election results
| Vote share of winning candidates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48.14% | |||
| 2016 | 41.10% | |||
| 2011 | 53.30% | |||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Joseph Samuel | 114,554 | 48.14% | New | |
| AIADMK | V. Alexander | 72,408 | 30.43% | −10.67 | |
| NTK | H.Mahendran | 22,701 | 9.54% | +7.34 | |
| MNM | S. Vaitheswaran | 22,370 | 9.40% | New | |
| AMMK | S. Vedachalam | 2,631 | 1.11% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 2,358 | 0.99% | −1.45 | |
| Margin of victory | 42,146 | 17.71% | 10.09% | ||
| Turnout | 237,941 | 61.90% | −2.00% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 84 | 0.04% | |||
| Registered electors | 384,377 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 7.05% | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. Alexander | 94,375 | 41.10% | −12.21 | |
| INC | J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana | 76,877 | 33.48% | New | |
| PMK | K. N. Sekar | 16,635 | 7.24% | New | |
| DMDK | J. Constandine Ravindran | 16,631 | 7.24% | New | |
| BJP | C. Devarajan | 9,563 | 4.16% | +2.07 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 5,603 | 2.44% | New | |
| NTK | R. Anbuthennarasan | 5,044 | 2.20% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 17,498 | 7.62% | −4.57% | ||
| Turnout | 229,632 | 63.90% | −6.42% | ||
| Registered electors | 359,345 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -12.21% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Vedachalam | 99,330 | 53.30% | New | |
| DMK | B. Ranaganathan | 76,613 | 41.11% | New | |
| BJP | T. Jeyachandra | 3,912 | 2.10% | New | |
| JMM | C. Devarajan | 1,128 | 0.61% | New | |
| BSP | S. Mohamed Abbas | 962 | 0.52% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 22,717 | 12.19% | |||
| Turnout | 186,347 | 70.32% | |||
| Registered electors | 264,990 | ||||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "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. 8. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- "Ambattur Election Result". Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- "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.