Ambattur is assembly constituency number 8 in Tamil Nadu, in Thiruvallur district, and one of the segments of the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Balamurugan.g of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 51.3% of the vote, 58,781 votes ahead of Dr A.P. Poornima (DMK).
- 01Balamurugan.gTVK1,33,33951.29%
- 02Dr A.P. PoornimaDMK74,55828.68%
- 03K.N. SekarPMK35,99713.85%
- 04SilambarasanNTK11,0884.26%
- 05A.kalyanasundaramNJANP5880.23%
- 18 other candidates · 2,926 votesNOTA · 1,490 (0.57%)
Margin 58,781 votes · 22.61% of valid votes
All 23 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,59,986 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balamurugan.gMale · 44 yrs | TVK | 1,33,339 | 51.29% |
| 2 | Dr A.P. PoornimaFemale · 33 yrs | DMK | 74,558 | 28.68% |
| 3 | K.N. SekarMale · 55 yrs | PMK | 35,997 | 13.85% |
| 4 | SilambarasanMale · 35 yrs | NTK | 11,088 | 4.26% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,490 | 0.57% |
| 5 | A.kalyanasundaramMale · 70 yrs | NJANP | 588 | 0.23% |
| 6 | R.balamuruganMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 493 | 0.19% |
| 7 | Dr. J.sailasFemale · 42 yrs · SC | BSP | 443 | 0.17% |
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| 8 | Dr. S.praveenMale · 37 yrs | Independent | 308 | 0.12% |
| 9 | V. RamkumarMale · 52 yrs · SC | INDSRJP | 224 | 0.09% |
| 10 | S. MadhavanMale · 28 yrs · SC | Independent | 179 | 0.07% |
| 11 | M.S. ArumugamMale · 61 yrs · SC | Independent | 135 | 0.05% |
| 12 | K. SekarMale · 55 yrs · SC | Independent | 127 | 0.05% |
| 13 | RajkumarMale · 30 yrs | tavk | 127 | 0.05% |
| 14 | S. JanarthananMale · 32 yrs · SC | Independent | 126 | 0.05% |
| 15 | G.P. SekarMale · 61 yrs | Independent | 103 | 0.04% |
| 16 | PalaniMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 103 | 0.04% |
| 17 | D.k.meshack KirubakaranMale · 38 yrs | Independent | 102 | 0.04% |
| 18 | Jothi.mFemale · 41 yrs | Independent | 89 | 0.03% |
| 19 | Vinayagamoorthy.rMale · 35 yrs | Independent | 83 | 0.03% |
| 20 | P. ArumugamMale · 50 yrs | Independent | 77 | 0.03% |
| 21 | G. SampathMale · 65 yrs | Independent | 72 | 0.03% |
| 22 | D. PushpaFemale · 50 yrs | Independent | 68 | 0.03% |
| 23 | D. JeyaganeshMale · 46 yrs | NIDP | 67 | 0.03% |
The seat changed hands: DMK won in 2021, TVK in 2026.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Ambattur result 2021
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Samuel | DMK | 1,14,554 | 47.67% |
| 2 | V Alexander | AIADMK | 72,408 | 30.13% |
| 3 | R Anbu Thenarasan | NTK | 22,701 | 9.45% |
| 4 | S Vaitheswaran | MNM | 22,370 | 9.31% |
| 5 | S Vedhachalam | AMMK | 2,631 | 1.09% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,358 | 0.98% |
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| 6 | K Bharathi | Independent | 807 | 0.34% |
| 7 | R Radha | NCP | 615 | 0.26% |
| 8 | S Praveen | Independent | 251 | 0.10% |
| 9 | S Veena | AMAK | 233 | 0.10% |
| 10 | Narmada Nandhakumar | Independent | 177 | 0.07% |
| 11 | T Joseph Samuvel Santhakumar | Independent | 162 | 0.07% |
| 12 | T Muniandi | Independent | 156 | 0.06% |
| 13 | M S Arumugam | Independent | 142 | 0.06% |
| 14 | C Raghul | Independent | 139 | 0.06% |
| 15 | Bharadan | Independent | 111 | 0.05% |
| 16 | A R Murugavel | Independent | 95 | 0.04% |
| 17 | G Soma Sundaram | Independent | 80 | 0.03% |
| 18 | A S Kesavan | Independent | 59 | 0.02% |
| 19 | G Srinivasan | Independent | 57 | 0.02% |
| 20 | N Ganesan | Independent | 55 | 0.02% |
| 21 | P Dhanraj | Independent | 55 | 0.02% |
| 22 | Ravi | Independent | 44 | 0.02% |
| 23 | G Vijayakumar | Independent | 39 | 0.02% |
Ambattur result 2016
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander V | AIADMK | 94,375 | 41.10% |
| 2 | Aassan Maulaana | INC | 76,877 | 33.48% |
| 3 | Sekar K N | PMK | 16,635 | 7.24% |
| 4 | Constandine Ravindran J | DMDK | 16,631 | 7.24% |
| 5 | Devarajan C | BJP | 9,563 | 4.16% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 5,603 | 2.44% |
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| 6 | Anbuthennarasan R | NTK | 5,044 | 2.20% |
| 7 | Simran Kalati | YSP | 553 | 0.24% |
| 8 | Abubakkar M | NCP | 479 | 0.21% |
| 9 | Prakash C | BSP | 456 | 0.20% |
| 10 | Devarajan G | Independent | 418 | 0.18% |
| 11 | Palanivel K | CPI(ML)(L) | 403 | 0.18% |
| 12 | Chinnadurai M | Independent | 385 | 0.17% |
| 13 | Shivakumar S | Independent | 339 | 0.15% |
| 14 | Narmadha Nandhakumar | Independent | 267 | 0.12% |
| 15 | Prakash R | Independent | 234 | 0.10% |
| 16 | Viswanathan R | Independent | 166 | 0.07% |
| 17 | Manoharan D | Independent | 128 | 0.06% |
| 18 | Balaji G | Independent | 119 | 0.05% |
| 19 | Ganesan N | Independent | 117 | 0.05% |
| 20 | Kanakaraj K | Independent | 116 | 0.05% |
| 21 | Ramesh B | Independent | 115 | 0.05% |
| 22 | Ranganathan K | VTK | 112 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Ramadass A S | Independent | 109 | 0.05% |
| 24 | Dhanraj P | Independent | 106 | 0.05% |
| 25 | Arumugam S | Independent | 100 | 0.04% |
| 26 | Balachandar M | PPIS | 99 | 0.04% |
| 27 | Vijayakumar G | Independent | 83 | 0.04% |
Ambattur result 2011
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vedhachalam. S | AIADMK | 99,330 | 53.30% |
| 2 | Ranaganathan. B | DMK | 76,613 | 41.11% |
| 3 | Jeyachandra. T | BJP | 3,912 | 2.10% |
| 4 | Devarajan. C | JMM | 1,128 | 0.61% |
| 5 | Mohamed Abbas. S | BSP | 962 | 0.52% |
| 6 | Jagedheeswaran. D | LSP | 905 | 0.49% |
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| 7 | Bhuvaneswari. S | IJK | 905 | 0.49% |
| 8 | Lokesh. D | Independent | 608 | 0.33% |
| 9 | Palanivel. K | CPI(ML)(L) | 477 | 0.26% |
| 10 | Elumalai. P | Independent | 461 | 0.25% |
| 11 | Rajendran. N | Independent | 261 | 0.14% |
| 12 | Balaji. G | Independent | 201 | 0.11% |
| 13 | Logubabu. B | Independent | 184 | 0.10% |
| 14 | Inbaraj. D | Independent | 168 | 0.09% |
| 15 | Ramakrishnan. K | Independent | 137 | 0.07% |
| 16 | Palani. D | Independent | 95 | 0.05% |
Ambattur outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Thiruvallur district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Ambattur is one of the assembly segments of Sriperumbudur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Sriperumbudur candidates.
- T R BaaluDMK1,12,217 53.1%
- G PremkumarAIADMK37,029 17.5%
- V N VenugopalTMC(M)33,997 16.1%
- V RavichandranNTK22,231 10.5%
- K PrabakaranBSP1,658 0.8%
In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 75,188 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Ambattur.
Who won the Ambattur assembly seat in 2026?
Balamurugan.g of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Ambattur in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 1,33,339 votes, which was 51.29% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Ambattur?
The margin was 58,781 votes (22.61% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dr A.P. Poornima of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 74,558 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Ambattur in 2026?
Turnout was 77.33%: 2,60,675 of 3,37,081 registered electors voted, across 365 polling stations. That is 14.8 points higher than in 2021.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Ambattur part of?
Ambattur is an assembly segment of the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, T R Baalu got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Ambattur a reserved constituency?
No. Ambattur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Ambattur?
The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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