Tambaram is a
state assembly constituency in
Chengalpattu district
Chengalpattu District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, in India. The district headquarters is located at Chengalpattu. Chengalpattu district came into existence on 29 November 2019 when it was carved out of Kanchipuram district after ...
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
, India.
Its State Assembly Constituency number is 31. It includes All Wards from Zone 4 and Zone 5, Wards Comprising the rest of the areas other than Hashinapuram and Nemilichery in Zone 3 of
Tambaram City Municipal Corporation
Tambaram City Municipal Corporation is the civic body administering Tambaram, a southern suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It covers an area of 87.64 sq. km and has an estimated 2021 population of 960,887.
It is one of the thre ...
and Agaramthen, Madurapakkam and Kovilanchery Villages in St.Thomas Mount Panchayat Union. It forms a part of
Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Constituency
Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 5 of 39. It has a very huge volume of voters with nearly twenty four lakhs.
Assembly segments
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for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
The Paraiyar community is the biggest community in this constituency with around 40% population.
The population of other communities are: Vanniyar 26%, Nadar 10%, Reddy 5% and Muslims 4%.
In the 2021 MLA election, it is said that the DMK party's S.R Raja of Reddy community won with the help of Paraiyar votes.
In the 2021 MLA election, the AIADMK party's candidate was a Konar.
The percentage of Paraiyar and Vanniyar population of this constituency could be decreasing every year as people from various parts of Tamilnadu are emigrating to chennai city and its neighbourhood.
Members of the Assembly
Election results
2021
2016
2011
2006
2001
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980
1977
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Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
Kanchipuram district