Ambur Assembly constituency

Ambur
Ambur
Constituency No. 48 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirupathur
Lok Sabha constituency	Vellore
Established	1957
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

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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.

Assembly	Year	Winner
Second	1957	V. K. Krishnamurthy	INC
Second	1957	S. R. Munusamy	Independent
Third	1962	P. Rajagopal	INC
Fourth	1967	M. Panneerselvam	DMK

Assembly	Year	Winner
Fifth	1971	M. Panneerselvam	DMK
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	DMK

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

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

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%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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 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 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 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%