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| Constituency No. 48 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tirupathur |
| LS constituency | Vellore |
| Total electors | 2,37,993 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent A. C. Vilwanathan | |
| Party | DMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Ambur is a state assembly constituency in Tirupattur district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 48. It comprises portions of the Vellore and Vaniyambadi taluks and is a part of the Vellore constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It was in existence from 1957 to 1971 state elections of Madras State, following which it became a constituency of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Madras State
| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second | 1957 | V. K. Krishnamurthy | INC | |
| S. R. Munusamy | Independent | |||
| Third | 1962 | P. Rajagopal | INC | |
| Fourth | 1967 | M. Panneerselvam | DMK | |
Tamil Nadu
| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth | 1971 | M. Panneerselvam | DMK | |
| Sixth | 1977 | |||
| Seventh | 1980 | |||
| Eighth | 1984 | |||
| Ninth | 1989 | |||
| Tenth | 1991 | |||
| Eleventh | 1996 | |||
| Twelfth | 2001 | |||
| Thirteenth | 2006 | |||
| Fourteenth | 2011 | A. Aslam Basha | MNMK | |
| Fifteenth | 2016 | R. Balasubramani - disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017 | AIADMK | |
| By-Poll | 2019 | A. C. Vilwanathan | DMK | |
| Sixteenth | 2021 | A. C. Vilwanathan | ||
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | A. C. Vilwanathan | 90,476 | 51.27% | ||
| AIADMK | Nazar Mohamed. K | 70,244 | 39.81% | −9.35% | |
| NTK | Maharunnisha | 10,150 | 5.75% | 5.40% | |
| SDPI | Umar Farook. Asa | 1,793 | 1.02% | ||
| MNM | Raja. S | 1,638 | 0.93% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 1,417 | 0.80% | −0.21% | |
| Margin of victory | 20,232 | 11.47% | −5.92% | ||
| Turnout | 1,76,461 | 74.15% | −1.72% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 314 | 0.18% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,37,993 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | ||||
2019 By-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | A. C. Vilwanathan | 96,455 | 55.93 | +55.93 | |
| AIADMK | J. Jothi Ramalinga Raja | 58,688 | 34.03 | ||
| AMMK | R. Balasubramani | 8,856 | 5.14 | +5.14 | |
| NTK | N. Selvamani | 3,127 | 1.81 | +1.45 | |
| MNM | A. Kareem Basha | 1,853 | 1.07 | +1.07 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,852 | 1.07 | +0.06 | |
| Majority | 37,767 | 21.90 | |||
| Turnout | 1,72,457 | 76.85 | |||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Balasubramani. R. (E) | 79,182 | 49.16% | ||
| MNMK | Nazeer Ahmed. V. R. | 51,176 | 31.77% | ||
| SUNP | Madar Khaleellur Rahman | 7,640 | 4.74% | ||
| DMDK | Vasu. R. | 7,043 | 4.37% | ||
| BJP | Venkatesan. K. | 5,760 | 3.58% | −0.83% | |
| PMK | Ameen Basha. M. | 4,643 | 2.88% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,632 | 1.01% | ||
| BSP | Sundar. N. | 967 | 0.60% | −0.47% | |
| Independent | Zaheeruzaman | 748 | 0.46% | ||
| NTK | Kalaikamaraj. N. | 574 | 0.36% | ||
| SS | Murali Mohan. M. | 385 | 0.24% | ||
| Margin of victory | 28,006 | 17.39% | 13.67% | ||
| Turnout | 1,61,075 | 75.87% | −1.83% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,12,306 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from MNMK | Swing | 5.15% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNMK | Aslam Basha. A | 60,361 | 44.01% | ||
| INC | Vijay Elanchezian. J | 55,270 | 40.30% | ||
| Independent | Sampath E | 6,553 | 4.78% | ||
| BJP | Venkatesan. G | 6,047 | 4.41% | ||
| Independent | Shameel Ahmed V | 1,752 | 1.28% | ||
| Independent | Gopi C | 1,485 | 1.08% | ||
| BSP | Sundar. N | 1,468 | 1.07% | ||
| Independent | Hameed S A | 1,414 | 1.03% | ||
| IJK | Baseer Ahmed P | 1,074 | 0.78% | ||
| INL | Syed Badruddin. N | 974 | 0.71% | ||
| Independent | Rahaman N | 751 | 0.55% | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,091 | 3.71% | |||
| Turnout | 1,76,519 | 77.70% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,37,149 | ||||
| MNMK win (new seat) | |||||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | M. Panneerselvam | 32,937 | 55.17% | −1.17% | |
| INC | Adimoolam M. | 21,449 | 35.93% | −1.48% | |
| Independent | Damodaran V. K. | 5,129 | 8.59% | ||
| Independent | Ashok John Joseph R. S. | 182 | 0.30% | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,488 | 19.24% | 0.30% | ||
| Turnout | 59,697 | 64.42% | −3.29% | ||
| Registered electors | 96,754 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | -1.17% | |||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | M. Panneerselvam | 31,554 | 56.35% | ||
| INC | P. Rajagopal | 20,947 | 37.41% | −16.32% | |
| RPI | A. T. Velayutham | 3,499 | 6.25% | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,607 | 18.94% | −1.13% | ||
| Turnout | 56,000 | 67.71% | 5.65% | ||
| Registered electors | 87,087 | ||||
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | 2.62% | |||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | P. Rajagopal | 25,505 | 53.73% | 31.25% | |
| RPI | S. R. Muniswamy | 15,979 | 33.66% | ||
| Independent | M. Adimoolam | 5,988 | 12.61% | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,526 | 20.07% | 19.66% | ||
| Turnout | 47,472 | 62.06% | −8.36% | ||
| Registered electors | 80,473 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | 31.25% | |||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. K. Krishnamurthy | 25,562 | 22.48% | ||
| Independent | Sampangi Naidu | 25,105 | 22.07% | ||
| Independent | S. R. Munusami | 17,047 | 14.99% | ||
| INC | A. M. Rathanasami (Sc) | 15,842 | 13.93% | ||
| Independent | Athimeolam (Sc) | 15,585 | 13.70% | ||
| Independent | M. B. Rajagopal Naidu | 14,592 | 12.83% | ||
| Margin of victory | 457 | 0.40% | |||
| Turnout | 1,13,733 | 70.42% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,61,510 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
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