Ambattur Assembly constituency

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Ambattur
Constituency No. 8 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Sriperumbudur
Total electors	384,377[1]
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 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	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

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

1. "Assembly Constituency Wise Form 21E Details" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
3. "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.
4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
5. "Ambattur Election Result". Retrieved 23 July 2022.
6. "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.
7. 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.