Ambur (state assembly constituency)

Ambur is a state assembly constituency in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India. 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.[1] It was in existence from 1957 to 1971 state elections.

Madras State

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Second	1957	V. K. Krishnamurthy and S. R. Munusamy	Indian National Congress and Independent
Third	1962	P. Rajagopal	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967	M. Panneerselvam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971	M. Panneerselvam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977
Seventh	1980
Eighth	1984
Ninth	1989
Tenth	1991
Eleventh	1996
Twelfth	2001
Thirteenth	2006
Fourteenth	2011	A. Aslam Basha	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi
Fifteenth	2016	R. Balasubramani - disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017[2]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2019	A. C. Vilwanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2019 Bypoll

Bye-election, 2019: Ambur [3]

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	R. Balasubramani	79,182	49.16	+49.16
	MNMK	Nazeer Ahmed V R	51,176	31.77
	SUNP	Madar Khaleellur Rahman	7,640	4.74	+4.74
	DMDK	Vasu R	7,043	4.37	+4.37
	BJP	K. Venkatesan	5,760	3.58
Margin of victory			28,009	17.39
Turnout			1,61,179	75.92
	AIADMK gain from MNMK		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	MNMK	Aslam Basha A	60,361	44.01	+44.01
	INC	Vijay Elanchezian J	55,270	40.30	+40.30
	IND	Sampath E	6,553	4.78	+4.78
	BJP	Venkatesan G	6,047	4.41	+4.41
	IND	Shameel Ahmed V	1,752	1.28	+1.28
Margin of victory			5,091	3.71	----
Turnout			1,37,197	77.70	----
	MNMK win (new seat)

References

1. "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.
2. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 48. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
3. "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

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