Perambur is constituency No. 12 of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. This unreserved constituency is situated in Chennai district. It is part of the Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency.

According to data with the Election Commission of India, this constituency has 2,32,344 registered voters. Out of this, 1,16,711 are male and 1,15,622 are female registered voters.

In the 2011 assembly elections, the CPI(M) managed to secure victory for the third consecutive time from this seat. CPI(M)'s winning candidate, Soundararajan A., bagged 84,668 votes. Soundararajan defeated his main opponent, N.R.Dhanapalan of DMK, by a margin of 17,423 votes. As many as 20 candidates contested from this seat. The voter turnout was 69.80 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Perambur Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Perambur assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Sex	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2011	12	Perambur	GEN	Soundararajan A	M	CPM	84668	N.R.Dhanapalan	M	DMK	67245
2006	5	Perambur	(SC)	Mahendran, K.	M	CPI(M)	81765	Manimaran, P.	M	MDMK	78977
2001	5	Perambur	(SC)	Mahendran K.	M	CPM	69613	Chengai Sivam	M	DMK	52390
1996	5	Perambur	(SC)	Chengaisivam	M	DMK	90683	Neelakandan,V.	M	ADMK	32332
1991	5	Perambur	(SC)	Dr. M. P. Sekar	M	ADK	62759	Chengai Sivam	M	DMK	47307
1989	5	Perambur	(SC)	Chengai Sivam Alias Sajaisvam	M	DMK	65681	Viswanathan, P.	M	INC	25691
1984	5	Perambur	(SC)	Parithi Elamyazhuthi	M	DMK	53325	Sathiavanimuthu	F	ADK	46121
1980	5	Perambur	(SC)	Balan,S	M	DMK	49269	Murugaian,V	M	CPM	40989
1977	5	Perambur	(SC)	S. Balan	M	DMK	34134	T. Raja	M	ADK	20666
1971	5	Perambur	(SC)	Sathivanimuthu	M	DMK	49070	D Sulochana	M	NCO	37047
1967	5	Perambur	(SC)	S. Muthu	F	DMK	40364	D. Sulochana	F	INC	33677

Last Updated on April 18, 2019