Cheyyur Assembly constituency

Cheyyur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2008.^[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 Kancheepuram Lok Sabha 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.

Cheyyur
Constituency No. 34 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
Lok Sabha constituency	Kancheepuram
Established	2008
Total electors	2,27,402[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Babu
Party	VCK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

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

2021

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

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

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)