C.H.Sekar.
Occupation(s)Politician and businessman.
Years active2004–present
Websitechsekar.com

C.H.Sekar is an Indian politician and was a member of the Fourteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly representing Gummidipundi Constituency from 2011.

Background

Sekar was born in 1979. He is an entrepreneur and has various businesses. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering.

Political career


He represented Gummidipoondi assembly constituency as a Vijayakant’s DMDK Party candidate in the 2011 TN Legislative Assembly. He left DMDK and joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and was appointed the Deputy Secretary of the Party’s IT Wing.

Electoral performance

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. S. Vijayakumar 89,332 41.68% New
DMK C. H. Sekar 65,937 30.76% New
PMK M. Selvaraj 43,055 20.09% -18.02
DMDK K. Geetha 6,585 3.07% -51.33
BJP M. Bhaskaran 2,092 0.98% -0.07
NOTA NOTA 1,484 0.69% New
BSP M. Murali Krishna (A) Samaran 1,282 0.60% New
NTK S. Sureshkumar 1,250 0.58% New
Margin of victory 23,395 10.91% -5.37%
Turnout 2,14,348 82.15% -1.22%
Registered electors 2,60,912
AIADMK gain from DMDK Swing -12.72%
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK C. H. Sekar 97,708 54.40% +40.49
PMK K. N. Sekar 68,452 38.11% -2.15
Independent R. Selvakumar 1,892 1.05% New
BJP B. Chakravarthi Sriraman 1,883 1.05% New
JMM G. Munikrishnan 1,836 1.02% New
Independent N. Velu 1,462 0.81% New
PB G. Asokan 1,425 0.79% New
Independent A. Raja 1,411 0.79% New
RPI M. Sudhakar 1,228 0.68% New
Independent P. Shanmugam 997 0.56% New
Margin of victory 29,256 16.29% 16.14%
Turnout 1,79,616 83.37% 3.41%
Registered electors 2,15,443
DMDK gain from AIADMK Swing 13.99%
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. S. Vijayakumar 63,147 40.41% -15.66
PMK Durai Jeyavelu 62,918 40.26% New
DMDK C. H. Sekar 21,738 13.91% New
Independent R. Sekar 2,147 1.37% New
SP K. Sekar 1,096 0.70% New
Margin of victory 229 0.15% -18.90%
Turnout 1,56,263 79.96% 17.38%
Registered electors 1,95,425
AIADMK hold Swing -15.66%

Achievements

At that time of elections, Sekar promised to get a bus depot to connect the rural areas, a sports stadium to promote sports among youth and to make Periyapalayam temple a tourist centre. Within two years, he obtained the approval from the Government for the same.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  4. ↑ "Denial of US Visa to CH Sekar, made him enter Politics and become MLA ~ Heroes making Vision 2020 as reality". Action2020.in. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.