Ambur Assembly constituency

12.78°N 78.7°E / 12.78; 78.7

Ambur
Constituency No. 48 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirupathur
LS constituency	Vellore
Established	1957
Total electors	2,37,993[1]
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 Vellore and Vaniyambadi taluks and is a part of Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] It was in existence from the 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[3]		AIADMK
By-election	2019	A. C. Vilwanathan		DMK
Sixteenth	2021	A. C. Vilwanathan

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambur

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

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Ambur^[4]

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

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambur

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

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambur^[5]

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

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambur^[6]

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

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambur^[7]

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

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambur^[8]

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

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambur^[9]

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

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 48. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
4. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
5. Detailes Result (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
6. Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
7. "1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). 19 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
8. "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.