Velachery Assembly constituency
Velachery is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 26. It forms a part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
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Velachery Assembly constituency
Velachery is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 26. It forms a part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Velachery Assembly constituency
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td>M. K. Ashok</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Vagai Chandrasekhar</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</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>INC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. K. Ashok</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Keerthana</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>R. Kumar</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>211,691</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2021
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<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>M. K. Ashok</td><td>64,141</td><td>36.66</td><td>+1.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>Santhosh Babu</td><td>23,072</td><td>13.19</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>M. Keerthana</td><td>14,171</td><td>8.10</td><td>+5.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>M. Chandrabose</td><td>1,977</td><td>1.13</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,742</td><td>1.00</td><td>−1.41</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,352</td><td>2.49</td><td>−2.57</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>174,972</td><td>55.63</td><td>−2.71</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>70</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>314,537</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.82</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>Vagai Chandrasekhar</td><td>70,139</td><td>39.96</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. Munusamy</td><td>61,267</td><td>34.91</td><td>−19.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. Sritharan</td><td>14,472</td><td>8.25</td><td>+3.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>V. N. Rajan</td><td>9,654</td><td>5.50</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>Vinoba Bhoopathy</td><td>6,809</td><td>3.88</td><td>−29.22</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>4,225</td><td>2.41</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>N. Chandrasekaran</td><td>4,011</td><td>2.29</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Raja Krishnamoorthy @ Kitty</td><td>2,477</td><td>1.41</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,872</td><td>5.05</td><td>−15.76</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>175,522</td><td>58.33</td><td>−8.71</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>300,891</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-13.95</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>M. K. Ashok</td><td>82,145</td><td>53.91</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>M. Jayaraman</td><td>50,425</td><td>33.10</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>E. Sarathbabu</td><td>7,472</td><td>4.90</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan</td><td>7,048</td><td>4.63</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Loktantrik Samajwadi Party</td><td>Senthil Kumar Arumugam</td><td>1,225</td><td>0.80</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>K. N. Seshadri</td><td>1,036</td><td>0.68</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>31,720</td><td>20.82</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>152,364</td><td>67.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>227,249</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>