Alandur Assembly constituency
Alandur is a legislative assembly in Chennai district and partially includes areas from Chengalpattu district and Kanchipuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 28. It consists of portions that includes the Alandur, Nanganallur, Adambakkam, Palavanthangal, Moulivakkam, Nandambakkam, Iyyapanthangal, Manapakkam, Mugalivakkam, Cowl Bazaar, St Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board, Gerugambakkam, Kolapakkam, and some other parts of Chennai City and forms a part of Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency for elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
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Alandur Assembly constituency
Alandur is a legislative assembly in Chennai district and partially includes areas from Chengalpattu district and Kanchipuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 28. It consists of portions that includes the Alandur, Nanganallur, Adambakkam, Palavanthangal, Moulivakkam, Nandambakkam, Iyyapanthangal, Manapakkam, Mugalivakkam, Cowl Bazaar, St Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board, Gerugambakkam, Kolapakkam, and some other parts of Chennai City and forms a part of Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency for elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Alandur Assembly constituency
<table><thead><tr><th>Assembly</th><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sixth</td><td>1977</td><td>K. M. Abdul Razack</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Seventh</td><td>1980</td><td>K. M. Abdul Razack</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Eighth</td><td>1984</td><td>M. Abraham</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Ninth</td><td>1989</td><td>C. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Tenth</td><td>1991</td><td>S. Annamalai</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Eleventh</td><td>1996</td><td>C. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Twelfth</td><td>2001</td><td>B. Valarmathi</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Thirteenth</td><td>2006</td><td>T. M. Anbarasan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Fourteenth</td><td>2011</td><td>Panruti S. Ramachandran</td><td></td><td>Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Fourteenth</td><td>2014</td><td>V. N. P. Venkatraman</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Fifteenth</td><td>2016</td><td>T. M. Anbarasan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Sixteenth</td><td>2021</td><td>T. M. Anbarasan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
2026
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. M. Anbarasan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>S. Saravanan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Mahalakshmi</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>R. M. Harish</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,96,052</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2021
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. M. Anbarasan</td><td>116,785</td><td>49.12%</td><td>+4.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>B. Valarmathi</td><td>76,214</td><td>32.06%</td><td>−3.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>Sarathbabu</td><td>21,139</td><td>8.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Dr. R. Karthikeyan</td><td>16,522</td><td>6.95%</td><td>+5.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,908</td><td>0.80%</td><td>−1.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>M. Mohammed Thameem Ansari</td><td>1,770</td><td>0.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>40,571</td><td>17.06%</td><td>8.23%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>237,751</td><td>61.11%</td><td>−0.63%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>321</td><td>0.14%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>389,032</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.48%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2016
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. M. Anbarasan</td><td>96,877</td><td>44.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Panruti S. Ramachandran</td><td>77,708</td><td>35.81%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Dr. S. Sathyanarayanan</td><td>12,806</td><td>5.90%</td><td>+0.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>U. Chandran</td><td>12,291</td><td>5.66%</td><td>−39.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>R. Srinivasan</td><td>7,194</td><td>3.32%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>4,727</td><td>2.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Dhanachezhian</td><td>3,927</td><td>1.81%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,169</td><td>8.83%</td><td>5.41%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>216,997</td><td>61.74%</td><td>−8.33%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>351,470</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from DMDK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.88%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2014 Bye-election
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. N. P. Venkatraman</td><td>89,295</td><td>45.33</td><td>+45.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>R. S. Bharathi</td><td>70,587</td><td>35.84</td><td>+35.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>M. Kamaraja</td><td>20,442</td><td>10.38</td><td>−35.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Nanjil Veswara Prasad</td><td>6,535</td><td>3.32</td><td>−38.78</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,708</td><td>9.30</td><td>+5.88</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,01,261</td><td>64.27</td><td>+5.80</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMDK</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2011
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Panruti S. Ramachandran</td><td>76,537</td><td>45.52%</td><td>+37.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Dr. K. Ghayathri Devi</td><td>70,783</td><td>42.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Sathya Narayanan</td><td>9,628</td><td>5.73%</td><td>+2.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>L. Ayodhi</td><td>2,731</td><td>1.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Puratchi Bharatham</td><td>P. Thomas Barnabas</td><td>1,817</td><td>1.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>A. Anand</td><td>1,265</td><td>0.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>P. T. Kannan</td><td>948</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,754</td><td>3.42%</td><td>−2.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>168,135</td><td>70.07%</td><td>4.23%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>239,939</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.33%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2006
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. M. Anbarasan</td><td>133,232</td><td>46.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>B. Valarmathi</td><td>115,322</td><td>40.55%</td><td>−7.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>R. Vijayakumar</td><td>22,866</td><td>8.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>H. Raja</td><td>9,298</td><td>3.27%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,910</td><td>6.30%</td><td>−0.04%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>284,403</td><td>65.84%</td><td>18.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>431,953</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.74%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2001
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>B. Valarmathi</td><td>94,554</td><td>47.59%</td><td>+24.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MGRK</td><td>R. M. Veerappan</td><td>81,958</td><td>41.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>R. Lavakumar</td><td>13,440</td><td>6.76%</td><td>+2.92</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Puratchi Bharatham</td><td>B. Rajappa</td><td>2,728</td><td>1.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. N. Srinivasan</td><td>1,980</td><td>1.00%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,596</td><td>6.34%</td><td>−36.48%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>198,701</td><td>46.96%</td><td>−10.01%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>423,174</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-18.64%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1996
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>C. Shanmugam</td><td>117,545</td><td>66.23%</td><td>+30.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Purushothaman</td><td>41,551</td><td>23.41%</td><td>−35.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>Vijaya Thayanban</td><td>6,816</td><td>3.84%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Tamilvinayagam</td><td>6,258</td><td>3.53%</td><td>+1.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>P. Antony</td><td>2,008</td><td>1.13%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KNMK</td><td>Elangovan</td><td>1,673</td><td>0.94%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>75,994</td><td>42.82%</td><td>19.74%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>177,478</td><td>56.96%</td><td>4.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>316,856</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.78%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1991
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Annamalai</td><td>88,432</td><td>58.45%</td><td>+31.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Pammal Nallathambi</td><td>53,521</td><td>35.37%</td><td>−7.51</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>A. Damodaran</td><td>4,401</td><td>2.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Ranganath</td><td>3,474</td><td>2.30%</td><td>+0.77</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>34,911</td><td>23.07%</td><td>6.67%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>151,301</td><td>52.06%</td><td>−12.66%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>296,098</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>15.56%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1989
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>C. Shanmugam</td><td>67,985</td><td>42.88%</td><td>−6.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Adaikalam</td><td>41,976</td><td>26.48%</td><td>−21.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. Janarthanan</td><td>27,950</td><td>17.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>G. P. Lenin</td><td>15,092</td><td>9.52%</td><td>−38.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. Venkatakrishnan</td><td>2,417</td><td>1.52%</td><td>+0.23</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,009</td><td>16.41%</td><td>15.68%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>158,532</td><td>64.72%</td><td>−2.16%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>249,164</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-6.25%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1984
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Abraham</td><td>61,300</td><td>49.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Mohanarangam</td><td>60,394</td><td>48.41%</td><td>−1.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. K. Kesavan</td><td>1,618</td><td>1.30%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Kosavan</td><td>772</td><td>0.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>906</td><td>0.73%</td><td>−5.09%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>124,756</td><td>66.89%</td><td>6.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>192,759</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.04%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1980
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. M. Abdul Razack</td><td>50,345</td><td>50.18%</td><td>+12.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>N. P. L. Sampath</td><td>44,506</td><td>44.36%</td><td>+36.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>D. Duraivelu</td><td>2,919</td><td>2.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T L. Ragupathy</td><td>2,562</td><td>2.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,839</td><td>5.82%</td><td>1.16%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>100,332</td><td>60.74%</td><td>6.51%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>166,900</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>12.72%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1977
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. M. Abdul Razack</td><td>30,961</td><td>37.45%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Abraham</td><td>27,112</td><td>32.80%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>K. Narayanrao</td><td>17,042</td><td>20.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. Ranganathan</td><td>6,608</td><td>7.99%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,849</td><td>4.66%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>82,665</td><td>54.24%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>154,152</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>