NATHAM
Assembly seat no. 131 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1977.
Winner, 2016
ANDI AMBALAM M.A
DMK
Elections held
12
1977–2026
Most successful party
ADMK
won 5 of 12
Margin, 2016
2,110
1.02% of valid votes
Result, 2016
Runner-up
ADMKSHAJAHAN S
- Votes
- 91,712
- Vote share
- 44.30%
- Behind by
- 2,110
Electors
2,58,718
Total votes polled
2,07,011
Valid votes
2,07,011
NOTA votes
1,844
0.89% of votes polled
Turnout
80.0%
Full result, 2016
19 candidates · 2,07,011 valid votes
ANDI AMBALAM M.ADMKwon
93,822
45.3%
SHAJAHAN SADMK
91,712
44.3%
KARTHIKEYAN GDMDK
9,373
4.5%
SIVASANKARAN V.DRNTK
2,393
1.2%
VADIVEL MIND
1,182
0.6%
SEERANGAN KPMK
1,155
0.6%
MURUGASAN CIND
1,065
0.5%
SANDHANAKRISHAN MIJK
1,044
0.5%
KRISNAMOORTHI PBSP
649
0.3%
BALAMURUGAN TIND
550
0.3%
JEYAPAL RIND
348
0.2%
ALAGU AIND
335
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 19. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Natham Viswanathan R | ADMK | 85,708 | 35.84% | Selvakumar K | 11,869 |
| 2021 | NATHAM.R.VISWANATHAN | ADMK | 1,07,762 | 47.84% | M.A.ANDI AMBALAM | 11,932 |
| 2016 | ANDI AMBALAM M.A | DMK | 93,822 | 45.32% | SHAJAHAN S | 2,110 |
| 2011 | VISWANATHAN.R. | ADMK | 94,947 | 53.87% | VIJAYAN.K | 53,089 |
| 2006 | VISWANATHAN.R | ADMK | 62,292 | 46.62% | ANDIAMBALAM. M.A | 3,760 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above