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TAMBARAM

Assembly seat no. 31 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1977.

Winner, 2016
RAJA S R
DMK
Elections held
12
1977–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 7 of 12
Margin, 2016
14,445
6.14% of valid votes

Result, 2016

Winner
Votes
1,01,835
Vote share
43.27%
Margin
14,445
Runner-up
ADMKRAJENDRAN C
Votes
87,390
Vote share
37.13%
Behind by
14,445
Electors
3,81,359
Total votes polled
2,35,355
Valid votes
2,35,355
NOTA votes
5,007
2.13% of votes polled
Turnout
61.7%

Full result, 2016

20 candidates · 2,35,355 valid votes

2016 election →
RAJA S RDMKwon
1,01,835
43.3%
RAJENDRAN CADMK
87,390
37.1%
CHEZHIYAN MDMDK
14,559
6.2%
VEDASUBRAMANIAM ABJP
10,327
4.4%
SURESH RPMK
7,631
3.2%
NAGANATHAN BNTK
5,237
2.2%
MOHAMAD BILAL SSDPI
1,135
0.5%
TAMIL SELVAN XIND
434
0.2%
DHANACHEZHIYAN KIND
301
0.1%
RAJA AIND
280
0.1%
ARUL SANTHA MICHAELIND
267
0.1%
ARUMUGAM PKMDK
240
0.1%

Showing the top 12 of 20. The full list is in the API.

Past results

Most recent 5 of 12 elections

View all 12
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2026D.sarathkumarTVK1,18,96742.67%R.s.kiruthika Devi35,621
2021Raja.S.RDMK1,16,84046.93%Chinnaiyah.T.K.M36,824
2016RAJA S RDMK1,01,83543.27%RAJENDRAN C14,445
2011T. K. M. CHINNEYAHADMK91,70251.45%S. R. RAJA13,984
2006RAJA S.RDMK2,69,71748.00%SOMU K48,752

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%24%47%71%95%197719801984198919911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Winning margin

0%12%25%37%50%197719801984198919911996200120062011201620212026Margin

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