Alandur is a legislative assembly in Chennai district and partially includes areas from Chengalpattu district and Kanchipuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 28. It consists of portions that includes the Alandur, Nanganallur, Kovur, Chennai, Adambakkam, Palavanthangal, Moulivakkam, Nandambakkam, Iyyapanthangal, Manapakkam, Mugalivakkam, Cowl Bazaar, St Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board, Gerugambakkam, Kolapakkam, and some other parts of Chennai City and forms a part of Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency for elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
Vote share of winning candidates | | |
| 2026 | | 42.90% |
| 2021 | | 49.12% |
| 2016 | | 44.64% |
| 2011 | | 45.52% |
| 2006 | | 46.85% |
| 2001 | | 47.59% |
| 1996 | | 66.23% |
| 1991 | | 58.45% |
| 1989 | | 42.88% |
| 1984 | | 49.14% |
| 1980 | | 50.18% |
| 1977 | | 37.45% |
2026
2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| TVK | M. Harish | 112,205 | 42.90 | New |
| DMK | T.M. Anbarasan | 82,596 | 31.58 | 17.54 |
| AIADMK | S. Saravanan | 52,243 | 19.97 | 12.09 |
| NTK | Y.G. Mahalakshmi | 10,405 | 3.98 | 2.97 |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,263 | 0.48 | 0.32 |
| Independent | M. Harish | 853 | 0.33 | New |
| All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | N. Hari Krishnan | 317 | 0.12 | New |
| Independent | Senkodi Vijayalakshmi | 233 | 0.09 | New |
| Naadaalum Makkal Katchi | J. Agni Selvarasu | 233 | 0.09 | New |
| Independent | R. Suresh | 168 | 0.06 | New |
| Independent | R. Saravanan | 150 | 0.06 | New |
| Independent | V. Anbarasan | 120 | 0.05 | New |
| Independent | Mahesh Kumar | 105 | 0.04 | New |
| PT | A. Velusamy | 93 | 0.04 | New |
| TVK | S. Royappan | 89 | 0.03 | New |
| Independent | A. Saravanan | 78 | 0.03 | New |
| Indhu Dravida Makkal Katchi | Aravind Chandrasekar | 77 | 0.03 | New |
| Independent | S. Saravanan | 76 | 0.03 | New |
| Independent | R. Selvakumar | 69 | 0.03 | New |
| Naam Indiar Party | B. Kalyanaramkumar | 60 | 0.02 | New |
| Independent | K. Velayudham | 51 | 0.02 | New |
| Independent | D. Saravanan | 50 | 0.02 | New |
| Margin of victory | 29,609 | 11.32 | 5.74 |
| Turnout | 2,61,534 | 86.85 | 25.74 |
| Registered electors | 3,01,127 | | 87,905 |
| TVK gain from DMK | Swing | 42.90 | |
2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| DMK | T. M. Anbarasan | 116,785 | 49.12% | +4.48 |
| AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | 76,214 | 32.06% | −3.75 |
| MNM | Sarathbabu | 21,139 | 8.89% | New |
| NTK | Dr. R. Karthikeyan | 16,522 | 6.95% | +5.14 |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,908 | 0.80% | −1.38 |
| SDPI | M. Mohammed Thameem Ansari | 1,770 | 0.74% | New |
| Margin of victory | 40,571 | 17.06% | 8.23% |
| Turnout | 237,751 | 61.11% | −0.63% |
| Rejected ballots | 321 | 0.14% | |
| Registered electors | 389,032 | | |
| DMK hold | Swing | 4.48% | |
2016
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| DMK | T. M. Anbarasan | 96,877 | 44.64% | New |
| AIADMK | Panruti S. Ramachandran | 77,708 | 35.81% | New |
| BJP | Dr. S. Sathyanarayanan | 12,806 | 5.90% | +0.18 |
| DMDK | U. Chandran | 12,291 | 5.66% | −39.86 |
| PMK | R. Srinivasan | 7,194 | 3.32% | New |
| NOTA | NOTA | 4,727 | 2.18% | New |
| NTK | Dhanachezhian | 3,927 | 1.81% | New |
| Margin of victory | 19,169 | 8.83% | 5.41% |
| Turnout | 216,997 | 61.74% | −8.33% |
| Registered electors | 351,470 | | |
| DMK gain from DMDK | Swing | -0.88% | |
2014 Bye-election
Bye-election, 2014: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK | V. N. P. Venkatraman | 89,295 | 45.33 | +45.33 |
| DMK | R. S. Bharathi | 70,587 | 35.84 | +35.84 |
| DMDK | M. Kamaraja | 20,442 | 10.38 | −35.14 |
| INC | Nanjil Veswara Prasad | 6,535 | 3.32 | −38.78 |
| Margin of victory | 18,708 | 9.30 | +5.88 |
| Turnout | 2,01,261 | 64.27 | +5.80 |
| AIADMK gain from DMDK | Swing | | |
2011
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| DMDK | Panruti S. Ramachandran | 76,537 | 45.52% | +37.48 |
| INC | Dr. K. Ghayathri Devi | 70,783 | 42.10% | New |
| BJP | S. Sathya Narayanan | 9,628 | 5.73% | +2.46 |
| Independent | L. Ayodhi | 2,731 | 1.62% | New |
| Puratchi Bharatham | P. Thomas Barnabas | 1,817 | 1.08% | New |
| IJK | A. Anand | 1,265 | 0.75% | New |
| BSP | P. T. Kannan | 948 | 0.56% | New |
| Margin of victory | 5,754 | 3.42% | −2.88% |
| Turnout | 168,135 | 70.07% | 4.23% |
| Registered electors | 239,939 | | |
| DMDK gain from DMK | Swing | -1.33% | |
2006
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| DMK | T. M. Anbarasan | 133,232 | 46.85% | New |
| AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | 115,322 | 40.55% | −7.04 |
| DMDK | R. Vijayakumar | 22,866 | 8.04% | New |
| BJP | H. Raja | 9,298 | 3.27% | New |
| Margin of victory | 17,910 | 6.30% | −0.04% |
| Turnout | 284,403 | 65.84% | 18.88% |
| Registered electors | 431,953 | | |
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -0.74% | |
2001
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | 94,554 | 47.59% | +24.17 |
| MGRK | R. M. Veerappan | 81,958 | 41.25% | New |
| MDMK | R. Lavakumar | 13,440 | 6.76% | +2.92 |
| Puratchi Bharatham | B. Rajappa | 2,728 | 1.37% | New |
| Independent | P. N. Srinivasan | 1,980 | 1.00% | New |
| Margin of victory | 12,596 | 6.34% | −36.48% |
| Turnout | 198,701 | 46.96% | −10.01% |
| Registered electors | 423,174 | | |
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -18.64% | |
1996
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| DMK | C. Shanmugam | 117,545 | 66.23% | +30.86 |
| AIADMK | K. Purushothaman | 41,551 | 23.41% | −35.04 |
| MDMK | Vijaya Thayanban | 6,816 | 3.84% | New |
| BJP | Tamilvinayagam | 6,258 | 3.53% | +1.23 |
| JP | P. Antony | 2,008 | 1.13% | New |
| KNMK | Elangovan | 1,673 | 0.94% | New |
| Margin of victory | 75,994 | 42.82% | 19.74% |
| Turnout | 177,478 | 56.96% | 4.90% |
| Registered electors | 316,856 | | |
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 7.78% | |
1991
1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK | S. Annamalai | 88,432 | 58.45% | +31.97 |
| DMK | Pammal Nallathambi | 53,521 | 35.37% | −7.51 |
| PMK | A. Damodaran | 4,401 | 2.91% | New |
| BJP | S. Ranganath | 3,474 | 2.30% | +0.77 |
| Margin of victory | 34,911 | 23.07% | 6.67% |
| Turnout | 151,301 | 52.06% | −12.66% |
| Registered electors | 296,098 | | |
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 15.56% | |
1989
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| DMK | C. Shanmugam | 67,985 | 42.88% | −6.25 |
| AIADMK | K. Adaikalam | 41,976 | 26.48% | −21.93 |
| INC | S. Janarthanan | 27,950 | 17.63% | New |
| AIADMK | G. P. Lenin | 15,092 | 9.52% | −38.89 |
| BJP | P. Venkatakrishnan | 2,417 | 1.52% | +0.23 |
| Margin of victory | 26,009 | 16.41% | 15.68% |
| Turnout | 158,532 | 64.72% | −2.16% |
| Registered electors | 249,164 | | |
| DMK hold | Swing | -6.25% | |
1984
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| DMK | M. Abraham | 61,300 | 49.14% | New |
| AIADMK | R. Mohanarangam | 60,394 | 48.41% | −1.77 |
| BJP | C. K. Kesavan | 1,618 | 1.30% | New |
| Independent | V. Kosavan | 772 | 0.62% | New |
| Margin of victory | 906 | 0.73% | −5.09% |
| Turnout | 124,756 | 66.89% | 6.14% |
| Registered electors | 192,759 | | |
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -1.04% | |
1980
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK | K. M. Abdul Razack | 50,345 | 50.18% | +12.72 |
| INC | N. P. L. Sampath | 44,506 | 44.36% | +36.37 |
| JP | D. Duraivelu | 2,919 | 2.91% | New |
| Independent | T L. Ragupathy | 2,562 | 2.55% | New |
| Margin of victory | 5,839 | 5.82% | 1.16% |
| Turnout | 100,332 | 60.74% | 6.51% |
| Registered electors | 166,900 | | |
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 12.72% | |
1977
1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK | K. M. Abdul Razack | 30,961 | 37.45% | New |
| DMK | M. Abraham | 27,112 | 32.80% | New |
| JP | K. Narayanrao | 17,042 | 20.62% | New |
| INC | A. Ranganathan | 6,608 | 7.99% | New |
| Margin of victory | 3,849 | 4.66% | |
| Turnout | 82,665 | 54.24% | |
| Registered electors | 154,152 | | |
| AIADMK win (new seat) |
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