Velachery Assembly constituency

Velachery is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 26. It forms a part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Velachery
Constituency No. 26 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	314,537[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent JMH. Aassan Maulaana
Party	INC
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	M. K. Ashok		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Vagai Chandrasekhar[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			39.15%
2016			39.96%
2011			53.91%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana	68,493	39.15	New
	AIADMK	M. K. Ashok	64,141	36.66	+1.75
	MNM	Santhosh Babu	23,072	13.19	New
	NTK	M. Keerthana	14,171	8.10	+5.81
	AMMK	M. Chandrabose	1,977	1.13	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,742	1.00	−1.41
Margin of victory			4,352	2.49	−2.57
Turnout			174,972	55.63	−2.71
Rejected ballots			70	0.04
Registered electors			314,537
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-0.82

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Vagai Chandrasekhar	70,139	39.96	New
	AIADMK	C. Munusamy	61,267	34.91	−19.01
	BJP	P. Sritharan	14,472	8.25	+3.62
	DMDK	V. N. Rajan	9,654	5.50	New
	PMK	Vinoba Bhoopathy	6,809	3.88	−29.22
	NOTA	NOTA	4,225	2.41	New
	NTK	N. Chandrasekaran	4,011	2.29	New
	Independent	Raja Krishnamoorthy @ Kitty	2,477	1.41	New
Margin of victory			8,872	5.05	−15.76
Turnout			175,522	58.33	−8.71
Registered electors			300,891
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.95

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. K. Ashok	82,145	53.91	New
	PMK	M. Jayaraman	50,425	33.10	New
	Independent	E. Sarathbabu	7,472	4.90	New
	BJP	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan	7,048	4.63	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	Senthil Kumar Arumugam	1,225	0.80	New
	IJK	K. N. Seshadri	1,036	0.68	New
Margin of victory			31,720	20.82
Turnout			152,364	67.05
Registered electors			227,249
	AIADMK win (new seat)