Velachery (state assembly constituency)

Velachery is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007.[1] It forms a part of the Chennai South parliamentary constituency for national elections.

Year Winner Party
2011 M. K. Ashok All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 Vagai Chandrasekhar[2] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Vagai Chandrasekhar 70,139 39.96 +39.96
AIADMK C. Munusamy 61,267 34.91 -19.00
BJP P. Sritharan 14,472 8.25 +3.62
DMDK V. N. Rajan 9,654 5.50 +5.50
PMK Vinoba Bhoopathy 6,809 3.88 -29.22
Margin of victory 8,872 5.05 -15.76
Turnout 1,75,607 58.36 -8.71
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.95

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. K. Ashok 82,145 53.91 +53.91
PMK Jayaraman 50,425 33.10 +33.10
IND E. Sarathbabu 7,472 4.90 +4.90
BJP Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan 7,048 4.63 +4.63
LSP Senthil Kumar Arumugam 1,225 0.80 +0.80
Margin of victory 31,720 20.81 ----
Turnout 1,52,423 67.07 New
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 26. Retrieved 27 May 2016.


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