About Tambaram Assembly Constituency

Tambaram is constituency No. 31 of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. It is situated in Kancheepuram district. It is an open constituency.

According to the Election Commission of India, the constituency of Tambaram has 2,55,030 registered voters. It includes 1,29,224 male and 1,25,771 female voters.

In the 2011 assembly elections, the AIADMK won this seat. T. K. M. Chinneyah, the winning candidate from AIADMK, got 91,702 votes. S. R. Raja was the runner-up; he got 77,718 votes. The voter turnout was 69.93%.

This was an important win for the AIADMK. This seat had been with the DMK for three consecutive terms. AIADMK had last won this seat in the 1984 elections.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Tambaram Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Sex	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2011	31	Tambaram	GEN	T. K. M. Chinneyah	M	AIADMK	91702	S. R. Raja	M	DMK	77718
2006	20	Tambaram	GEN	Raja, S.R	M	DMK	269717	Somu ,K	M	MDMK	220965
2001	20	Tambaram	GEN	Vaidialingam M.A.	M	DMK	150961	Chakkaraipani Reddiar Thiru .K.	M	TMC(M)	145530
1996	20	Tambaram	GEN	Vaidyalingam, M.A.	M	DMK	166401	Madhavan, K.B.	M	INC	52442
1991	20	Tambaram	GEN	S.M. Krishnan	M	INC	111588	M.A. Vaidiallingam	M	DMK	64740
1989	20	Tambaram	GEN	Vaithlyaligam, M.A.	M	DMK	90007	Doss, A.J.	M	INC	43746
1984	20	Tambaram	GEN	Ella Rajamanickam	M	ADK	75155	M. A. Vaidialingam	M	DMK	68009
1980	20	Tambaram	GEN	Pammal Nallathambi	M	DMK	59931	Munu Adhi	M	ADK	53746
1977	20	Tambaram	GEN	Munu Adhi	M	ADK	32394	Pammal N. Nallathambi	M	DMK	31968