Durai Chandrasekar is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Ponneri as an Indian National Congress candidate in 2021.[1][2]

Durai Chandrasekar
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
12 May 2021
Preceded byP. Balaraman
Succeeded byP. Balaraman
ConstituencyPonneri
Personal details
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseC. Subashini
ChildrenC. Sachin Duraisamy
C. Jothsana
Parent
  • M. Durai (father)
Residence(s)2/220, Gandhi Street, Kummanur Village
Vilangadupakkam (p), Redhills
Chennai - 600052.
Alma materDr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai
Sir Theagaraya College
OccupationAdvocate
ProfessionLawyer

Electoral performance edit

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ponneri[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Durai Chandrasekar 94,528 45.00% New
AIADMK P. Balaraman 84,839 40.39% -8.17
NTK A. Maheswari 19,027 9.06% +8.24
MNM D. Desingurajan 5,394 2.57% New
AMMK Pon. Raja 2,832 1.35% New
NOTA NOTA 1,554 0.74% -0.42
BSP J. Bhavani Ilavenil 1,106 0.53% -0.06
Margin of victory 9,689 4.61% -5.17%
Turnout 2,10,054 78.57% -0.36%
Rejected ballots 203 0.10%
Registered electors 2,67,345
INC gain from AIADMK Swing -3.56%

References edit

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Ponneri Election Result". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. ^ "ponneri Election Result". Retrieved 20 July 2022.