# Velachery Assembly constituency

Velachery is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 26. It forms a part of the Chennai South parliamentary constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 2011 | M. K. Ashok | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | Vagai Chandrasekhar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | JMH Aassan Maulaana | Indian National Congress |

## Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 39.15% | 39.15% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 39.96% | 39.96% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 53.91% | 53.91% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery :
| Party | 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 | Dr. Santhosh Babu IAS (Retd) | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,352 | 2.49% | −2.57% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174,972 | 55.63% | −2.71% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 70 | 0.04% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 314,537 | | |
| | INC gain from DMK | INC gain from DMK | Swing | -0.82% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,872 | 5.05% | −15.76% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,522 | 58.33% | −8.71% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 300,891 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -13.95% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 31,720 | 20.82% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 152,364 | 67.05% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 227,249 | | |
| | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) |