Tiruvallur is an electoral district of the Assembly / Vidhan Sabha in the Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu
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Tiruvallur is an electoral district of the Assembly / Vidhan Sabha in the Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu. It belongs to the Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency.
In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the constituency had a total of 2,57,558 registered voters.
Voter turnout in previous elections
Voter turnout in Tiruvallur in the pre-Assembly elections was 80.08 percent.
Winners and results of previous elections
In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, VG Raajendran from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the seat from Tiruvallur. He obtained 80,473 votes, compared to 75,335 for his main rival A Baskaran of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
In the 2011 elections, BV Ramanaa of AIADMK had won the Tiruvallur seat by defeating EA Shiaji of DMK.
The Tiruvallur Assembly constituency is expected to go to the polls in April or May 2021, as part of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in 2021.
Tamil Nadu Assembly elections will be held to elect a total of 234 members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
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