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Chandrakanth "Chandra" Arya (born 1963) is an Indian-Canadian politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) representing the riding of Nepean (Ontario) in the Canadian House of Commons from 2015 to 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, he made an unsuccessful bid to become party leader in the 2025 Liberal Party election. He was replaced as MP for Nepean by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Nepean | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Chandra Arya | 29,620 | 45 | -0 | $109,271 | |||
| Conservative | Matt Triemstra | 22,184 | 33 | +0 | $75,325 | |||
| New Democratic | Sean Devine | 10,786 | 16 | +3 | $12,498 | |||
| People's | Jay Nera | 1,840 | 2 | +1 | $0 | |||
| Green | Gordon Kubanek | 1,318 | 2 | -4 | $786 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,748 | – | – | $121,196 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 419 | |||||||
| Turnout | 66,167 | 70 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,391 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Nepean | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Chandra Arya | 31,933 | 45 | -6 | $107,465 | |||
| Conservative | Brian St. Louis | 23,320 | 33 | -2 | $110,373 | |||
| New Democratic | Zaff Ansari | 9,104 | 13 | +4 | $3,771 | |||
| Green | Jean-Luc Cooke | 4,379 | 6 | +3 | $7,732 | |||
| People's | Azim Hooda | 687 | 1 | none listed | ||||
| Communist | Dustan Wang | 160 | 0 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 69,583 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 407 | |||||||
| Turnout | 69,990 | 75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,119 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Chandra Arya | 34,017 | 52 | +25 | – | |||
| Conservative | Andy Wang | 23,442 | 36 | -14 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Sean Devine | 5,324 | 8 | -9 | – | |||
| Green | Jean-Luc Roger Cooke | 1,518 | 2 | -1 | – | |||
| Independent | Jesus Cosico | 416 | 0 | – | – | |||
| Independent | Hubert Mamba | 69 | 0 | – | – | |||
| Independent | Harry Splett | 66 | 0 | – | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Tony Seed | 41 | 0 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,888 | 100 | $217,170 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 65,150 | 78 % | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,976 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from Conservative | Swing | +20 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||