C. H. Sekar

C.H.Sekar is an Indian politician and was a member of the Fourteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly representing Gummidipundi Constituency from 2011.

C.H.Sekar.
Occupation(s)	Politician and businessman.
Years active	2004–present
Website	chsekar.com

Background

Sekar was born in 1979. He is an entrepreneur and has various businesses. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

He represented Gummidipoondi assembly constituency as a Vijayakant’s DMDK Party candidate in the 2011 TN Legislative Assembly. He left DMDK and joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and was appointed the Deputy Secretary of the Party’s IT Wing. After being denied a United States visa he decided to enter politics.^[1]

Electoral performance

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	89,332	41.68	New
	DMK	C. H. Sekar	65,937	30.76	New
	PMK	M. Selvaraj	43,055	20.09	−18.02
	DMDK	K. Geetha	6,585	3.07	−51.33
	BJP	M. Bhaskaran	2,092	0.98	−0.07
	NOTA	NOTA	1,484	0.69	New
	BSP	M. Murali Krishna (A) Samaran	1,282	0.60	New
	NTK	S. Sureshkumar	1,250	0.58	New
Margin of victory			23,395	10.91	−5.37
Turnout			2,14,348	82.15	−1.22
Registered electors			2,60,912
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-12.72

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	C. H. Sekar	97,708	54.40	+40.49
	PMK	K. N. Sekar	68,452	38.11	−2.15
	Independent	R. Selvakumar	1,892	1.05	New
	BJP	B. Chakravarthi Sriraman	1,883	1.05	New
	JMM	G. Munikrishnan	1,836	1.02	New
	Independent	N. Velu	1,462	0.81	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	G. Asokan	1,425	0.79	New
	Independent	A. Raja	1,411	0.79	New
	RPI	M. Sudhakar	1,228	0.68	New
	Independent	P. Shanmugam	997	0.56	New
Margin of victory			29,256	16.29	16.14
Turnout			1,79,616	83.37	3.41
Registered electors			2,15,443
	DMDK gain from AIADMK		Swing	13.99

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	63,147	40.41	−15.66
	PMK	Durai Jeyavelu	62,918	40.26	New
	DMDK	C. H. Sekar	21,738	13.91	New
	Independent	R. Sekar	2,147	1.37	New
	SP	K. Sekar	1,096	0.70	New
Margin of victory			229	0.15	−18.90
Turnout			1,56,263	79.96	17.38
Registered electors			1,95,425
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.66