Cheyyur Assembly constituency

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Cheyyur
Constituency No. 34 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChengalpattu
LS constituencyKancheepuram
Total electors2,27,402[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  VCK
Elected year2021

Cheyyur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 34. Located in Chengalpattu district, it comprises Cheyyur taluk and a portion of Tirukalukundram taluk. It is included in the Kancheepuram parliamentary constituency for elections to the Parliament of India.[3] It is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.[4] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Winner Party
2011 V. S. Raji All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 R. T. Arasu[4] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 M. Babu Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
46.49%
2016
37.51%
2011
55.59%

2021[edit]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cheyyur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
VCK M. Babu 82,750 46.49%
AIADMK S. Kanitha 78,708 44.22% 6.89%
NTK R. Rajesh 9,653 5.42% 4.88%
DMDK A. Siva 3,054 1.72%
MNM P. Anbu Tamilsekaran 1,968 1.11%
NOTA Nota 1,141 0.64% -0.44%
BSP S. Ilayaraja 964 0.54% 0.11%
Margin of victory 4,042 2.27% 2.09%
Turnout 1,77,979 78.27% -1.84%
Rejected ballots 231 0.13%
Registered electors 2,27,402
VCK gain from DMK Swing 8.98%

2016[edit]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cheyyur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Arasu R T 63,446 37.51%
AIADMK Munusamy A 63,142 37.33% -18.26%
VCK Ezhil Caroline 17,927 10.60%
PMK Sadaiyappan V 17,892 10.58%
NOTA None Of The Above 1,827 1.08%
BJP Sampath P 1,559 0.92% -0.06%
NTK Dhasarathan A 919 0.54%
Margin of victory 304 0.18% -18.69%
Turnout 1,69,134 80.11% -0.90%
Registered electors 2,11,135
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -18.08%

2011[edit]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cheyyur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. S . Raji 78,307 55.59%
VCK D. Parventhan 51,723 36.72%
Puratchi Bharatham O. E. Sankar 2,322 1.65%
Independent T. Raji 2,162 1.53%
BJP P. Sampath 1,387 0.98%
BSP V. Kathavarayan 1,241 0.88%
Independent M. Gangadharan 1,144 0.81%
IJK M. Murugan 1,030 0.73%
Independent A. Sankar 648 0.46%
Independent R. Palanivel 501 0.36%
Independent K. V. Suntharam 406 0.29%
Margin of victory 26,584 18.87% {{{change}}}
Turnout 1,73,908 81.00%
Registered electors 1,40,871
AIADMK win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  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. ^ a b "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 34. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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