Ambattur Assembly constituency
Ambattur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India that was newly formed after the 2008 constituency delimitation. 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 Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
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Ambattur Assembly constituency
Ambattur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India that was newly formed after the 2008 constituency delimitation. 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 Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Members of legislative Assembly
Ambattur Assembly constituency
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td>S. Vedachalam</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>V. Alexander</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Joseph Samuel</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>SPA</td><td>A. P. Poornima</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. N. Sekar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>G. Balamurugan</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Silambarasan</td><td></td><td></td><td></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>330,480</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>Joseph Samuel</td><td>114,554</td><td>48.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. Alexander</td><td>72,408</td><td>30.43%</td><td>−10.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>H.Mahendran</td><td>22,701</td><td>9.54%</td><td>+7.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>S. Vaitheswaran</td><td>22,370</td><td>9.40%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>S. Vedachalam</td><td>2,631</td><td>1.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,358</td><td>0.99%</td><td>−1.45</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>42,146</td><td>17.71%</td><td>10.09%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>237,941</td><td>61.90%</td><td>−2.00%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>84</td><td>0.04%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>384,377</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.05%</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>AIADMK</td><td>V. Alexander</td><td>94,375</td><td>41.10%</td><td>−12.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana</td><td>76,877</td><td>33.48%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. N. Sekar</td><td>16,635</td><td>7.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>J. Constandine Ravindran</td><td>16,631</td><td>7.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. Devarajan</td><td>9,563</td><td>4.16%</td><td>+2.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>5,603</td><td>2.44%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>R. Anbuthennarasan</td><td>5,044</td><td>2.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,498</td><td>7.62%</td><td>−4.57%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>229,632</td><td>63.90%</td><td>−6.42%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>359,345</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-12.21%</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>AIADMK</td><td>S. Vedachalam</td><td>99,330</td><td>53.30%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>B. Ranaganathan</td><td>76,613</td><td>41.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>T. Jeyachandra</td><td>3,912</td><td>2.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JMM</td><td>C. Devarajan</td><td>1,128</td><td>0.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>S. Mohamed Abbas</td><td>962</td><td>0.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,717</td><td>12.19%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>186,347</td><td>70.32%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>264,990</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>