Ambattur Assembly constituency

State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu

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SPAElected year2021

Ambattur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India that was newly formed after constituency delimitation.^[2] 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 the Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
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

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			48.14%
2016			41.10%
2011			53.30%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambattur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Joseph Samuel	114,554	48.14%	*New*
	AIADMK	V. Alexander	72,408	30.43%	-10.67
	NTK	R. Anbu Thenarasan	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

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambattur^[6]
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

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambattur^[7]
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.