About Avadi Assembly Constituency

Avadi is constituency No. 6 of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. It is situated in Thiruvallur district and part of the Thiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency. This unreserved constituency was formed recently following delimitation by the Election Commission of India in 2008.

According to data with the Election Commission of India, Avadi has2,77,885 registered voters out of which 1,42,026 are male and 1,35,830 are female voters.

In the 2011 assembly elections, the AIADMK won this seat by a huge margin of 43,238 votes. S. Abdul Rahim, the winning candidate from AIADMK, bagged 1,10,102 votes. His main contender, Dhamotharan R. of INC, got 66,864 votes. The voter turnout was 71.91 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Avadi Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Avadi assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Sex	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2011	6	Avadi	GEN	Abdul Rahim.S	M	AIADMK	110102	Dhamotharan.R	M	INC	66864