Sholinganallur Assembly constituency

Sholinganallur is a state assembly constituency in Chennai district of Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitations in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 27. It is a part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Sholinganallur
Constituency No. 27 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai South
Established	2008
Total electors	6,98,820[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. Aravind Ramesh
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	K. P. Kandan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. Aravind Ramesh[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Aravind Ramesh		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			44.18%
2016			42.53%
2011			60.43%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Aravind Ramesh	171,558	44.18%	+1.65
	AIADMK	K. P. Kandan	136,153	35.06%	−3.15
	NTK	S. Michael	38,872	10.01%	+6.87
	MNM	Rajiv Kumar	30,284	7.80%	New
	DMDK	R. Murugan	3,912	1.01%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,030	0.78%	−1.34
Margin of victory			35,405	9.12%	4.80%
Turnout			388,355	55.57%	−1.81%
Rejected ballots			552	0.14%
Registered electors			698,820
	DMK hold		Swing	1.65%

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Aravind Ramesh	147,014	42.53%	New
	AIADMK	N. Sundaram	132,101	38.21%	−22.22
	PMK	K. Ramkumar	15,595	4.51%	New
	VCK	R. Paneer Doss	15,129	4.38%	New
	BJP	Ujagar Singh	14,915	4.31%	+1.29
	NTK	S. Rajan	10,842	3.14%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	7,332	2.12%	New
Margin of victory			14,913	4.31%	−23.52%
Turnout			345,697	57.38%	−9.89%
Registered electors			602,472
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-17.90%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Kandan	145,385	60.43%	New
	VCK	S. S. Balaji	78,413	32.59%	New
	BJP	S. Mohandoss Gandhi	7,275	3.02%	New
	BSP	K. Utharapathi	1,983	0.82%	New
	IJK	K. Singaraj	1,666	0.69%	New
	Independent	K. Narasimhan	1,648	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			66,972	27.84%
Turnout			240,583	67.27%
Registered electors			357,660
	AIADMK win (new seat)