Neyveli Assembly constituency

Neyveli is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, newly formed after Mangalore Assembly constituency was abolished in delimitations in 2008.^[2] It is included in Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.^[3]

Neyveli
Constituency No. 153 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Lok Sabha constituency	Cuddalore
Established	2008
Total electors	2,18,603[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Saba Rajendran
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Name of the MLA	Duration	Assembly	Party
M. P. S. Sivasubramaniyan	2011-16	Fourteenth		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Saba Rajendran	2016-2021	Fifteenth		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Saba Rajendran	2021-Incumbent	Sixteenth		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Electorate

	Electors				Voters
Election	Men	Women	Others	Total	Total	Percentage
2011	85,505	80,594	0	1,66,099	137411	82.73%
2016	1,01,533	99,499	8	2,01,040	159370	79.27%
2021	1,09,315	1,09,332	19	2,18,666	164458	75.21%

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			45.80%
2016			34.10%
2011			50.63%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Neyveli^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Saba Rajendran	75,177	45.80%	+11.7
	PMK	K. Jagan	74,200	45.21%	+32.81
	NTK	K. Ramesh	7,785	4.74%	+3.77
	AMMK	R. Baktharatchagan	2,230	1.36%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,171	0.71%	−0.36
	IJK	R. Ilangovan	1,011	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			977	0.60%	−10.58%
Turnout			164,130	75.08%	−4.13%
Rejected ballots			328	0.20%
Registered electors			218,603
	DMK hold		Swing	11.70%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Neyveli^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Saba Rajendran	54,299	34.10%	New
	AIADMK	R. Rajsekar	36,508	22.93%	−27.71
	TAVK	T. Velmurugan	30,528	19.17%	New
	PMK	K. Jagan	19,749	12.40%	−32.32
	CPI(M)	T. Arumugman	12,674	7.96%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,710	1.07%	New
	NTK	B. Kalaiselvan	1,557	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			17,791	11.17%	5.26%
Turnout			159,241	79.21%	−3.49%
Registered electors			201,040
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-16.54%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Neyveli^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. P. S. Sivasubramaniyan	69,549	50.63%	New
	PMK	T. Velmurugan	61,431	44.72%	New
	BJP	M. Karpagam	1,406	1.02%	New
	Independent	S. Pandian	1,273	0.93%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	P. Lily	1,232	0.90%	New
	IJK	P. Kumar	971	0.71%	New
	LJP	S. Elangovan	576	0.42%	New
	SUCI(C)	P. Chandra	478	0.32%	New
	Independent	V.K Kumaraguru	441	0.35%	New
Margin of victory			8,118	5.91%
Turnout			1,37,357	82.70%
Registered electors			1,66,099
	AIADMK win (new seat)