V. Alexander is a politician from Tamil Nadu, India. He was elected from the Ambattur constituency to the Fifteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party in the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly elections.
Electoral performance
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| DMK | Joseph Samuel | 114,554 | 48.14% | New |
| AIADMK | V. Alexander | 72,408 | 30.43% | -10.67 |
| NTK | R. Anbu Thenarasan | 22,701 | 9.54% | +7.34 |
| MNM | S. Vaitheswaran | 22,370 | 9.40% | New |
| AMMK | S. Vedachalam | 2,631 | 1.11% | New |
| NOTA | NOTA | 2,358 | 0.99% | -1.45 |
| Margin of victory | 42,146 | 17.71% | 10.09% |
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| Turnout | 237,941 | 61.90% | -2.00% |
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| Rejected ballots | 84 | 0.04% | |
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| Registered electors | 384,377 | | |
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| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 7.05% | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| AIADMK | V. Alexander | 94,375 | 41.10% | -12.21 |
| INC | J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana | 76,877 | 33.48% | New |
| PMK | K. N. Sekar | 16,635 | 7.24% | New |
| DMDK | J. Constandine Ravindran | 16,631 | 7.24% | New |
| BJP | C. Devarajan | 9,563 | 4.16% | +2.07 |
| NOTA | NOTA | 5,603 | 2.44% | New |
| NTK | R. Anbuthennarasan | 5,044 | 2.20% | New |
| Margin of victory | 17,498 | 7.62% | -4.57% |
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| Turnout | 229,632 | 63.90% | -6.42% |
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| Registered electors | 359,345 | | |
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| AIADMK hold | Swing | -12.21% | |
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