Ambattur Assembly constituency

13.101465°N 80.158997°E / 13.101465; 80.158997

Ambattur
Constituency No. 8 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Sriperumbudur
Established	2008
Total electors	384,377[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Joseph Samuel
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Ambattur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India that was newly formed after the 2008 constituency delimitation.^[2] 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.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	S. Vedachalam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	V. Alexander[4]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Joseph Samuel		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			48.14%
2016			41.10%
2011			53.30%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambattur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Joseph Samuel	114,554	48.14%	New
	AIADMK	V. Alexander	72,408	30.43%	−10.67
	NTK	H.Mahendran	22,701	9.54%	+7.34
	MNM	S. Vaitheswaran	22,370	9.40%	New
	AMMK	S. Vedachalam	2,631	1.11%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,358	0.99%	−1.45
Margin of victory			42,146	17.71%	10.09%
Turnout			237,941	61.90%	−2.00%
Rejected ballots			84	0.04%
Registered electors			384,377
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.05%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambattur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Alexander	94,375	41.10%	−12.21
	INC	J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana	76,877	33.48%	New
	PMK	K. N. Sekar	16,635	7.24%	New
	DMDK	J. Constandine Ravindran	16,631	7.24%	New
	BJP	C. Devarajan	9,563	4.16%	+2.07
	NOTA	NOTA	5,603	2.44%	New
	NTK	R. Anbuthennarasan	5,044	2.20%	New
Margin of victory			17,498	7.62%	−4.57%
Turnout			229,632	63.90%	−6.42%
Registered electors			359,345
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-12.21%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambattur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Vedachalam	99,330	53.30%	New
	DMK	B. Ranaganathan	76,613	41.11%	New
	BJP	T. Jeyachandra	3,912	2.10%	New
	JMM	C. Devarajan	1,128	0.61%	New
	BSP	S. Mohamed Abbas	962	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			22,717	12.19%
Turnout			186,347	70.32%
Registered electors			264,990
	AIADMK win (new seat)