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PERAMBUR

Assembly seat no. 12 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.

Winner, 2016
P VETRIVEL
ADMK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 7 of 13
Margin, 2016
519
0.28% of valid votes

Result, 2016

Winner
Votes
79,974
Vote share
42.39%
Margin
519
Runner-up
DMKN R DHANAPALAN
Votes
79,455
Vote share
42.11%
Behind by
519
Electors
2,90,522
Total votes polled
1,88,681
Valid votes
1,88,681
NOTA votes
3,167
1.68% of votes polled
Turnout
65.0%

Full result, 2016

33 candidates · 1,88,681 valid votes

2016 election →
P VETRIVELADMKwon
79,974
42.4%
N R DHANAPALANDMK
79,455
42.1%
A SOUNDARA RAJANCPM
10,281
5.5%
PRAKASH RBJP
4,582
2.4%
M.VENKATESH PERUMALPMK
3,685
1.9%
S VETRI THAMIZHANNTK
3,236
1.7%
S SURESHYSP
387
0.2%
N RAJBSP
363
0.2%
J PRAVEEN KUMARIND
319
0.2%
R SARAVANA PERUMALIND
304
0.2%
P SARAVANANIND
249
0.1%
D SUNDARA RAMANIND
248
0.1%

Showing the top 12 of 33. The full list is in the API.

Past results

Most recent 5 of 13 elections

View all 13
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2026C. Joseph VijayTVK1,20,36558.89%R.d. Shekar53,715
2021SHEKAR. R.DDMK1,05,26752.53%DHANAPALAN N.R54,976
2016P VETRIVELADMK79,97442.39%N R DHANAPALAN519
2011SOUNDARARAJAN ACPM84,66852.26%N.R.DHANAPALAN17,423
2006MAHENDRAN K.CPM81,76544.83%MANIMARAN P.2,788

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%25%51%76%101%1971197719801984198919911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Winning margin

0%12%24%36%48%1971197719801984198919911996200120062011201620212026Margin

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