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Assembly constituency 12 · Tamil Nadu

Perambur is assembly constituency number 12 in Tamil Nadu, in Chennai district, and one of the segments of the Chennai North Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election C. Joseph Vijay of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 58.9% of the vote, 53,715 votes ahead of R.D. Shekar (DMK).

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Perambur · 2026AC 12
  1. 01
    C. Joseph Vijay
    TVK
    1,20,365
    58.89%
  2. 02
    R.D. Shekar
    DMK
    66,650
    32.61%
  3. 03
    M. Thilagabama
    PMK
    8,561
    4.19%
  4. 04
    S. Vetri Thamizhan
    NTK
    5,114
    2.50%
  5. 05
    A. Rajaram
    RPPRINAT
    256
    0.13%
  6. 42 other candidates · 2,837 votesNOTA · 601 (0.29%)

Margin 53,715 votes · 26.28% of valid votes

2,26,345
Registered electors
2026 election
90.4%
Turnout
+26.9 pts vs 2021
53,715
Victory margin
26.3% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 47 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,04,384 valid votes, NOTA included.

Perambur 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1C. Joseph VijayMale · 52 yrsTVK1,20,365
58.89%
2R.D. ShekarMale · 59 yrsDMK66,650
32.61%
3M. ThilagabamaFemale · 56 yrsPMK8,561
4.19%
4S. Vetri ThamizhanMale · 40 yrsNTK5,114
2.50%
—NOTANOTA601
0.29%
5A. RajaramMale · 51 yrs · SCRPPRINAT256
0.13%
6G. Ruthra KumarMale · 33 yrsIndependent238
0.12%
7Agni AalvarMale · 45 yrsIndependent230
0.11%
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8VijayMale · 29 yrsAIJYMKG216
0.11%
9Vetri Vel SelvamMale · 32 yrsBSP174
0.09%
10V. RajiMale · 50 yrsIndependent148
0.07%
11BowdharajMale · 53 yrs · SCIndependent118
0.06%
12J. SebastinMale · 49 yrsSUCI101
0.05%
13D.V. VenugopalMale · 55 yrstavk98
0.05%
14Dr.d. MadanMale · 28 yrsIndependent95
0.05%
15K.M. DevanMale · 41 yrsMMRSK94
0.05%
16B. BalajiMale · 37 yrsIndependent93
0.05%
17Vijay. GMale · 35 yrsIndependent90
0.04%
18Azarutheen.mFemale · 37 yrsIndependent78
0.04%
19P. ThangamaniMale · 61 yrsIndependent78
0.04%
20S. JosephMale · 65 yrsIndependent77
0.04%
21Ashlin Belmen .a.sMale · 29 yrsTMGMK71
0.03%
22NivethaFemale · 32 yrsIndependent70
0.03%
23P. PonrajMale · 56 yrsIndependent63
0.03%
24Dr.g. MoorthyMale · 46 yrs · SCIndependent53
0.03%
25R. JayaseelanMale · 60 yrsIndependent51
0.02%
26M. GeetaFemale · 39 yrsTK47
0.02%
27S. SureshkumarMale · 42 yrs · SCMKat46
0.02%
28M. JosephMale · 49 yrsIndependent43
0.02%
29M. KadhiravanMale · 58 yrsIndependent41
0.02%
30Dr.r. Saravana PerumalMale · 52 yrsMANAK39
0.02%
31M.I. Thahira BanuFemale · 46 yrsIndependent33
0.02%
32Amala.rFemale · 58 yrsIndependent32
0.02%
33S. MalathiFemale · 28 yrs · SCVTVTK32
0.02%
34Reegan PrabhuMale · 37 yrs · SCIndependent31
0.02%
35Sivakumar.vMale · 39 yrsTTNP30
0.01%
36H. DhanasekarMale · 43 yrs · SCIndependent28
0.01%
37B. VenkatesanMale · 47 yrs · SCIndependent26
0.01%
38S. MichaelMale · 41 yrsIndependent24
0.01%
39S. Rajesh KumarMale · 51 yrsIndependent21
0.01%
40Sathish.bMale · 45 yrsIndependent19
0.01%
41B. Sathish KumarMale · 43 yrs · SCIndependent19
0.01%
42P. GunasekarMale · 56 yrsIndependent18
0.01%
43S. RameshMale · 40 yrsIndependent17
0.01%
44E. Udhaya KumarMale · 56 yrsIndependent16
0.01%
45P. Esakki MuthuMale · 69 yrsIndependent14
0.01%
46S. Vishnu VarthanMale · 29 yrsIndependent13
0.01%
47M. TamilselvamMale · 51 yrsIndependent12
0.01%
Past results

The seat changed hands: DMK won in 2021, TVK in 2026.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026TVK 58.9%DMK 32.6%PMK 4.2%AIADMK 25.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026C. Joseph VijayTVK · 58.9% · margin 53,715Turnout90.4%
2021Shekar. R.dDMK · 52.5% · margin 54,976Turnout63.5%
2019 byeR.d.shekarDMK · 56.3% · margin 68,023Turnout64.4%
2016P VetrivelAIADMK · 42.4% · margin 519Turnout65.0%
2011Soundararajan ACPI(M) · 52.3% · margin 17,423Turnout69.8%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Perambur bye-election, 18 Apr 2019

Turnout 64.4% · 1,89,093 of 2,93,656 electors voted

Perambur bye-election 2019-04-18 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1R.d.shekarDMK1,06,394
56.32%
2R.s.raajeshAIADMK38,371
20.31%
3U.priyadarsiniMNM20,508
10.86%
4S. Merlin SuganthiNTK8,611
4.56%
5P.vetriivelIndependent6,281
3.32%
—NOTANOTA2,511
1.33%
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6S.obathIndependent1,235
0.65%
7M.udhayakumarIndependent739
0.39%
8HarshithIndependent491
0.26%
9S.sathishkumarIndependent354
0.19%
10K. Kulasekaran (a) Puthuvannai K.babuIndependent310
0.16%
11S.selvakumarIMK293
0.16%
12Agni Sriramachandran. NIndependent212
0.11%
13J.premanandIndependent169
0.09%
14S.kumarIndependent161
0.09%
15G.vetrivelIndependent156
0.08%
16A.dhanasekarIndependent127
0.07%
17K.rajeshIndependent126
0.07%
18S.devi Dasan @ VeluPPOI122
0.06%
19C.vivekIndependent122
0.06%
20R.ranjiniIndependent122
0.06%
21M.vasanthakumarIndependent120
0.06%
22A.rajiIndependent107
0.06%
23J.mohanrajJJ106
0.06%
24M.kadhiravanIndependent97
0.05%
25G.karthickIndependent94
0.05%
26P.rajaIndependent92
0.05%
27P.vetrivelIndependent91
0.05%
28S.rajeshIndependent89
0.05%
29S.vinayagamoorthyIndependent85
0.04%
30E.d.prithivirajanIndependent78
0.04%
31S.prasadIndependent77
0.04%
32M.meenaIndependent71
0.04%
33G.bothirajanIndependent62
0.03%
34C.mohanIndependent59
0.03%
35S.manoharIndependent53
0.03%
36A.elavarasanIndependent52
0.03%
37Y.arunkumarIndependent50
0.03%
38S.rajeshkumarIndependent45
0.02%
39G.vinoth KumarIndependent42
0.02%
40S.jayarajIndependent34
0.02%

Perambur result 2021

Perambur 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shekar. R.dDMK1,05,267
52.53%
2Dhanapalan N.rAIADMK50,291
25.10%
3Merlin Suganthi. SNTK19,821
9.89%
4Ponnusamy. AMNM17,072
8.52%
5Lakshmi Narayanan. EAMMK4,042
2.02%
—NOTANOTA1,515
0.76%
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6Suresh. CBSP515
0.26%
7Soosai. M.aRPPRINAT296
0.15%
8Sebastin. JSUCI194
0.10%
9Satheesh. JIndependent174
0.09%
10Parthipan. PIndependent172
0.09%
11Sekar. PIndependent166
0.08%
12Rajesh. KIndependent163
0.08%
13Prem Anand. JIndependent112
0.06%
14Sathishkumar. SIndependent106
0.05%
15Rajesh Kumar. SIndependent90
0.04%
16Selvaraj. RIndependent87
0.04%
17Saravana Perumal. RIndependent65
0.03%
18Udayakumar. SIndependent60
0.03%
19Kadhiravan. MIndependent48
0.02%
20Venkatesh. LIndependent46
0.02%
21Vinothkumar. GIndependent45
0.02%
22Vasantha Kumar. MIndependent40
0.02%

Perambur result 2016

Perambur 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1P VetrivelAIADMK79,974
42.39%
2N R DhanapalanDMK79,455
42.11%
3A Soundara RajanCPI(M)10,281
5.45%
4Prakash RBJP4,582
2.43%
5M.venkatesh PerumalPMK3,685
1.95%
6S Vetri ThamizhanNTK3,236
1.72%
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—NOTANOTA3,167
1.68%
7S SureshYSP387
0.21%
8N RajBSP363
0.19%
9J Praveen KumarIndependent319
0.17%
10R Saravana PerumalIndependent304
0.16%
11P SaravananIndependent249
0.13%
12D Sundara RamanIndependent248
0.13%
13S VengadesanShiv Sena230
0.12%
14L SusithraIndependent215
0.11%
15G KothandanIndependent212
0.11%
16R KarthikeyanIndependent163
0.09%
17G.r.mohammed YousuffIndependent161
0.09%
18S MohanIndependent158
0.08%
19N VijiIndependent158
0.08%
20A SivarajalingamIndependent121
0.06%
21P RajaIndependent118
0.06%
22A ManivannanIndependent115
0.06%
23M MahendranMKAT100
0.05%
24K. KamarajIndependent100
0.05%
25V SubramaniIndependent83
0.04%
26S JayarajIndependent80
0.04%
27B KumaranIndependent75
0.04%
28K.mallikaAIWUP72
0.04%
29S ParthibanIndependent64
0.03%
30S Narendra KumarIndependent55
0.03%
31K Vasantha KumariLJP54
0.03%
32R ManikandanIndependent51
0.03%
33P NarayanasamiIndependent46
0.02%

Perambur result 2011

Perambur 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Soundararajan ACPI(M)84,668
52.26%
2N.r.dhanapalanDMK67,245
41.50%
3R.ravindrakumarBJP2,758
1.70%
4Vijayakumar KJMM961
0.59%
5Palani.sBSP912
0.56%
6Gopi Anand CIndependent861
0.53%
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7Jesu IIJK753
0.46%
8Balakrishnan SIndependent699
0.43%
9Balakrishnan AIndependent662
0.41%
10Santhanam GIndependent456
0.28%
11Muralidharan BIndependent339
0.21%
12Thenkarai Muthu RIndependent317
0.20%
13Prabhakar S DMSK286
0.18%
14Raja PIndependent232
0.14%
15Mariadass JPB213
0.13%
16Kishorekumar AIndependent173
0.11%
17Sunder JIndependent156
0.10%
18Murthy GIndependent120
0.07%
19Sivakumar RIndependent111
0.07%
20Saravanan MIndependent104
0.06%
Map

Perambur 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.

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Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

TVKDMKAIADMKINCPMKVCKOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Perambur is one of the assembly segments of Chennai North. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Chennai North candidates.

  • Dr.kalanidhi VeeraswamyDMK94,387 55.8%
  • R. ManoharAIADMK27,214 16.1%
  • R.C. Paul KanagarajBJP22,605 13.4%
  • AmudiniNTK20,171 11.9%
  • Sarah FathimaIndependent1,231 0.7%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 67,173 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Perambur.

Who won the Perambur assembly seat in 2026?

C. Joseph Vijay of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Perambur in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 1,20,365 votes, which was 58.89% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Perambur?

The margin was 53,715 votes (26.28% of valid votes). The runner-up was R.D. Shekar of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 66,650 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Perambur in 2026?

Turnout was 90.40%: 2,04,619 of 2,26,345 registered electors voted, across 298 polling stations. That is 26.9 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Perambur part of?

Perambur is an assembly segment of the Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dr.kalanidhi Veeraswamy got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Perambur had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 18 Apr 2019, R.d.shekar (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) won by 68,023 votes.

Is Perambur a reserved constituency?

No. Perambur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Perambur?

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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