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| Ambattur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 8 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sriperumbudur |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 384,377[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | DMK |
| Alliance | SPA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Ambattur is a state assembly constituency inTamil Nadu,India that was newly formed after the 2008 constituencydelimitation.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 8. Located inChennai district, it consists of a portion ofAmbattur taluk and part ofChennai corporation. It is included inSriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | S. Vedachalam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | V. Alexander[4] | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | Joseph Samuel | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 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 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | 7.05% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -12.21% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKwin (new seat) | |||||