V. G. Raajendran

V. G. Raajendran is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Thiruvallur as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2021.^[1][2]

V. G. Raajendran
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2016
Constituency	Thiruvallur
Personal details
Born	(1967-06-11) 11 June 1967 (age 58) Chennai
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	R. Indira
Children	R. Vasisht Adavaith (son) R.Priyadarshni (daughter)
Occupation	Managing Director, Indira Foundation (P) Ltd. Chairman, Indira Medical College and Hospital

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Thiruvallur Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. G. Raajendran	107,709	50.27%	+11.26
	AIADMK	Be. Vee. Ramanah	85,008	39.68%	+3.15
	NTK	P. Pasupathy	15,028	7.01%	+6.31
	BSP	D. Doss	2,329	1.09%	+0.03
	NOTA	NOTA	1,872	0.87%	+0.19
Margin of victory			22,701	10.60%	8.10%
Turnout			214,243	77.94%	−2.14%
Rejected ballots			159	0.07%
Registered electors			274,876
	DMK hold		Swing	11.26%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. G. Raajendran	80,473	39.02%	−0.77
	AIADMK	A. Baskaran	75,335	36.53%	−17.16
	PMK	V. Balayogi	31,935	15.48%	New
	VCK	A. Balasubramani	7,006	3.40%	New
	BSP	M. Prem Sekar	2,171	1.05%	+0.44
	BJP	K. Srinivasan	1,826	0.89%	−0.21
	NTK	K. Senthil Kumar	1,451	0.70%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,418	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			5,138	2.49%	−11.41%
Turnout			206,244	80.08%	−1.73%
Registered electors			257,558
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.67%

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	D. Sudarsanam	47,899	42.90%	New
	PNK	V. G. Raajendran	27,948	25.03%	New
	Independent	T. S. Sachithanandham	18,145	16.25%	New
	Independent	P. Vijayakumar	6,090	5.45%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	E. James	4,738	4.24%	New
	MDMK	R. Vasu	2,674	2.40%	−2.05
	Independent	C. Karunakaran	1,141	1.02%	New
	Independent	Pauldoss Alias Murugesan	815	0.73%	New
	Independent	R. Mohana	696	0.62%	New
	Independent	N.S.Vasu	348	0.33%	New
Margin of victory			19,951	17.87%	−13.02%
Turnout			111,648	57.80%	−11.15%
Registered electors			193,411
	TMC(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-17.88%