Vandavasi Assembly constituency

12.5°N 79.62°E / 12.5; 79.62

Vandavasi
Constituency No. 69 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Lok Sabha constituency	Arani
Established	1951
Total electors	2,40,533[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. Ambethkumar
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Vandavasi is a state legislative assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 69. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and comprises a portion of Vandavasi taluk. It is a part of Arani Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952[a]	Dasarathan		All India Scheduled Castes Federation
	Somasundara Gounder		Commonweal Party
1957[b]	D. Dasarathan		Indian National Congress
	M. Ramachandra Reddy
1962	S. Muthulingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	Muthulingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	V. Rajagopal		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. Munuswamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	C. Kuppusamy
1984	A. Arumugam		Indian National Congress
1989	V. Dhanaraj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	C. K. Tamizharasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	Bala Anandan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Murugavelrajan		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	S. P. Jayaraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009[c]	Kamalakannan
2011	V. Gunaseelan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016[4]	S. Ambethkumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

1. 2-member constituency
2. 2-member constituency
3. by-election

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			55.41%
2016			44.20%
2011			52.05%
2006			53.29%
2001			49.14%
1996			59.97%
1991			53.34%
1989			43.54%
1984			53.29%
1980			50.21%
1977			41.11%
1971			63.85%
1967			61.25%
1962			64.57%
1957			28.13%
1952			31.02%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Ambethkumar	102,064	55.41%	+11.21
	PMK	S. Murali	66,111	35.89%	+22.51
	NTK	G. Prabavathi	9,284	5.04%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,769	0.96%	−0.37
	AMMK	P. Venkatesan	1,728	0.94%	New
	MNM	S. Suresh	1,692	0.92%	New
	Independent	K. Manikandan	1,264	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			35,953	19.52%	9.56%
Turnout			184,205	76.58%	−5.00%
Rejected ballots			347	0.19%
Registered electors			240,533
	DMK hold		Swing	11.21%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Ambethkumar	80,206	44.20%	−0.28
	AIADMK	V. Meganathan	62,138	34.24%	−17.81
	PMK	Vadivel Ravanan	24,277	13.38%	New
	VCK	M. K. Metharamesh	7,745	4.27%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,421	1.33%	New
	IJK	J. Sudha	1,079	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			18,068	9.96%	2.38%
Turnout			181,476	81.58%	−0.02%
Registered electors			222,453
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.85%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Gunaseelan	84,529	52.05%	+17.23
	DMK	J. Kamalakkannan	72,233	44.48%	−8.81
	Independent	A. Devendiran	2,020	1.24%	New
	BSP	T. Ponnan	1,112	0.68%	New
	BJP	K. Rajasekar	1,090	0.67%	−0.57
Margin of victory			12,296	7.57%	−10.89%
Turnout			162,399	81.60%	10.82%
Registered electors			199,026
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.24%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. P. Jayaraman	65,762	53.29%	+11.96
	AIADMK	M. Chakkrapani	42,974	34.82%	New
	DMDK	N. Siva Shanmugam	9,096	7.37%	New
	Independent	S. Jayaraman	1,895	1.54%	New
	BJP	K. Rajasekar	1,535	1.24%	New
	SP	M. Mohan	684	0.55%	New
	Independent	M. Masilamani	673	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			22,788	18.46%	10.65%
Turnout			123,414	70.77%	7.42%
Registered electors			174,376
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	4.14%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	K. Murugavelrajan	55,773	49.14%	New
	DMK	K. Loganathan	46,902	41.33%	−18.64
	Independent	N. K. Jayavindhiyaraj	3,822	3.37%	New
	MDMK	V. Rajagopal	2,832	2.50%	+0.48
	Independent	P. Lakshmanan	1,790	1.58%	New
	Independent	R. Anbumani	998	0.88%	New
	Independent	G. Sivakumar	863	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			8,871	7.82%	−28.42%
Turnout			113,490	63.35%	−5.27%
Registered electors			179,151
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-10.82%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Bala Anandan	65,775	59.97%	+34.73
	AIADMK	V. Gunaseelan	26,029	23.73%	−29.61
	Independent	A. V. Devaraj	13,496	12.30%	New
	MDMK	V. Rajagopal	2,214	2.02%	New
	BJP	M. Murugesan	1,362	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			39,746	36.24%	8.14%
Turnout			109,686	68.62%	1.21%
Registered electors			169,850
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	6.63%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. K. Thamazharasan	55,990	53.34%	+35.41
	DMK	V. Rajagopal	26,496	25.24%	−18.3
	PMK	G. Murthy	21,649	20.62%	New
	Independent	C. Kistan	839	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			29,494	28.10%	10.70%
Turnout			104,974	67.41%	11.42%
Registered electors			162,559
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	9.79%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Dhanaraj	35,264	43.54%	+1.61
	INC	T. S. Govindan	21,176	26.15%	−27.14
	AIADMK	C. Senguttuvan	14,522	17.93%	New
	AIADMK	Pon. Munusamy	7,962	9.83%	New
	Independent	M. Govindarajan	1,421	1.75%	New
	Independent	K. M. Saminathan	524	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			14,088	17.40%	6.03%
Turnout			80,988	55.99%	−18.12%
Registered electors			147,671
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-9.75%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Arumugham	48,712	53.29%	New
	DMK	V. Rajagopal	38,326	41.93%	−5.04
	Independent	R. Malgova	1,219	1.33%	New
	Independent	E. Kuppan	1,217	1.33%	New
	Independent	C. Krishnan	532	0.58%	New
	Independent	D. Panneerselvam	525	0.57%	New
	INC(J)	M. V. Arumugham	474	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			10,386	11.36%	8.13%
Turnout			91,406	74.11%	11.69%
Registered electors			130,211
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.08%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Kuppusami	38,501	50.21%	+9.11
	DMK	C. Kanniappan	36,019	46.97%	+8.53
	JP	Ashok Iiayaraja	1,178	1.54%	New
	Independent	A. Mohanavelu	570	0.74%	New
	Independent	D. Radhakrishnan	410	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			2,482	3.24%	0.58%
Turnout			76,678	62.41%	4.20%
Registered electors			124,733
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.11%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Munuswamy	28,306	41.11%	New
	DMK	C. Kanniappan	26,476	38.45%	−25.41
	JP	A. Kumaraswamy	10,034	14.57%	New
	Independent	M. Saminathan	2,071	3.01%	New
	RPI	A. Arumugam	820	1.19%	New
	Independent	S. Muthulingam	682	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			1,830	2.66%	−25.05%
Turnout			68,862	58.22%	−11.73%
Registered electors			119,981
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-22.75%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Rajagopal	41,452	63.85%	+2.6
	INC	D. Dasarathan	23,465	36.15%	+2.37
Margin of victory			17,987	27.71%	0.23%
Turnout			64,917	69.95%	−0.67%
Registered electors			95,562
	DMK hold		Swing	2.60%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Muthulingam	38,626	61.25%	−3.32
	INC	A. Adineelam	21,300	33.78%	−1.65
	RPI	C. Kuppusami	1,903	3.02%	New
	Independent	M. Karunaiprakasam	1,231	1.95%	New
Margin of victory			17,326	27.48%	−1.67%
Turnout			63,060	70.62%	9.23%
Registered electors			93,447
	DMK hold		Swing	-3.32%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Muthulingam	34,922	64.57%	New
	INC	D. Dasarathan	19,160	35.43%	+7.29
Margin of victory			15,762	29.14%	21.94%
Turnout			54,082	61.39%	−37.69%
Registered electors			92,928
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	36.44%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Ramachandra Reddy	44,610	28.13%	5.99%
	Independent	A. Dharma Gounder	33,185	20.93%
	INC	D. Dasarathan (SC)	22,187	13.99%	−8.15%
	Independent	S. Muthuilingam (ST)	15,747	9.93%
	Independent	Ettippa Gounder	12,965	8.18%
	Independent	Ramasamy (SC)	7,941	5.01%
	Independent	Kerunaiprakasam (SC)	6,187	3.90%
	Independent	Govindaraju (SC)	6,081	3.83%
	Independent	Damodaram (SC)	5,170	3.26%
	Independent	Perumal (SC)	4,494	2.83%
Margin of victory			11,425	7.21%	−1.67%
Turnout			1,58,567	99.09%	5.72%
Registered electors			1,60,030
	INC gain from Commonweal Party		Swing	-2.89%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vandavasi^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Commonweal Party	Somasundara Gounder	41,975	31.02%
	INC	Ramanuja Reddiar	29,962	22.14%	22.14%
	RPI	Dasaratham	29,115	21.52%
	INC	Velayuthapani	23,557	17.41%	17.41%
	Independent	Subramania Iyer	10,714	7.92%
Margin of victory			12,013	8.88%
Turnout			1,35,323	93.37%
Registered electors			1,44,937
	Commonweal Party win (new seat)