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Ambattur

Assembly constituency 8 · General seat · Chennai district

G. Balamurugan (TVK) is the MLA for Ambattur.

TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.

In 2026 G. Balamurugan won with 51.3% of the vote, 58,781 votes ahead of A. P. Poornima (DMK).

In the last 30 days Ambattur was named in 34 mentions from 4 outlets.

See the 30-day trend
Map of Ambattur constituency, Chennai districtAmbattur drawn on its boundary with the seats around it. Avadi, Madhavaram, Maduravoyal, Villivakkam
Boundaries: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India), approximate.
Lok Sabha seat
Sriperumbudur
Area
about 36 km² (from the boundary)
Turnout 2021
62.5%
Seats sharing a border
Avadi · Madhavaram · Maduravoyal · Villivakkam

Election results

ElectionWinnerVotesRunner-upVotesMargin
2026TVK G. Balamurugan133,339 · 51.3%DMK A. P. Poornima74,558 · 28.7%58,781 (22.6 pts)
2021DMK Joseph Samuel114,554 · 47.7%ADMK V. Alexander72,408 · 30.1%42,146 (17.5 pts)
2016ADMK V. Alexander94,375 · 41.1%INC Aassan Maulaana76,877 · 33.5%17,498 (7.6 pts)
2011ADMK S. Vedachalam99,330 · 53.3%DMK B. Ranaganathan76,613 · 41.1%22,717 (12.2 pts)
Winner's and runner-up's share of the vote at each election

officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.

Attention in the news

Ambattur: mentions per week

Busiest week: 12 October (27 mentions).

articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover

73 mentions of Ambattur since 1 June 2026 from 10 outlets.

observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.

Issues and parties in the news

Ambattur, last 30 days: topics named in the same items

Law & Order1
Education1
Development & Infrastructure1
Corruption1

Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls

Chennai news, 30 daysAmbattur vote, 2026
TVK24951.3%
DMK10528.7%
INC64did not stand
BJP43did not stand

Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.

observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.

Seats in Chennai district

Chennai
Seat2026 winnerLead (points)Mentions, 30 days
MaduravoyalTVK20.910
AmbatturTVK22.634
MadhavaramTVK26.255
ThiruvottiyurTVK25.918
Dr. Radhakrishnan NagarTVK27.41
PeramburTVK26.3142
KolathurTVK4.872
VillivakkamTVK12.21
Thiru-Vi-Ka-NagarTVK15.51
EgmoreTVK9.027
RoyapuramTVK11.26
HarbourDMK11.85
Chepauk-ThiruvallikeniDMK5.16
Thousand LightsTVK11.52
Anna NagarTVK13.10
VirugambakkamTVK15.746
SaidapetTVK17.84
ThiyagarayanagarTVK9.70
MylaporeTVK19.212
VelacheryTVK18.015
SholinganallurTVK21.618
AlandurTVK11.31

officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.

Latest

Headlines that name Ambattur

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Sources and method

  • Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
  • Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
  • Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
  • Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
  • Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
  • official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.

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