TN Assembly polls | Constituency watch | Alandur has special significance for AIADMK

M.G. Ramachandran won the Parangimalai seat in 1967

The Alandur constituency has been swaying between the AIADMK and the DMK every five years since 1991. In 2011 when Panruti S. Ramachandran won the seat on a DMDK ticket under the alliance with the AIADMK. However, in 2014 as Mr. Ramachandran quit the DMDK and joined the AIADMK, V.N.P. Venkataraman was given the ticket and he won against DMK’s R.S. Bharathi. In this Assembly election, MLA T.M. Anbarasan of the DMK is taking on B. Valarmathi of AIADMK, who won the seat in 2001. The other two important candidates are E. Sarathbabu of the Makkal Needhi Maiam and R. Karthikeyan of the Naam Tamizhar Katchi. Alandur has a symbiotic relationship with the AIADMK as the party founder and former Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran started his political career by winning the Parangimalai constituency in 1967 and again in 1971. The constituency was later merged with Alandur constituency.