VANDAVASI
Assembly seat no. 69 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1977.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called VANDAVASI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 8 results.
Winner, 2026
Ambethkumar. S
DMK
Elections held
11
1977–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 6 of 11
Margin, 2026
3,333
1.74% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
ADMKRani. P
- Votes
- 60,472
- Vote share
- 31.63%
- Behind by
- 3,333
Electors
2,13,574
Total votes polled
1,91,204
Valid votes
1,91,204
NOTA votes
988
0.52% of votes polled
Turnout
89.5%
Full result, 2026
15 candidates · 1,91,204 valid votes
Ambethkumar. SDMKwon
63,805
33.4%
Rani. PADMK
60,472
31.6%
Udhayakumar. MTVK
58,174
30.4%
Ganesh. RNTK
5,495
2.9%
Rani. AIND
674
0.4%
Jaisankar. MIND
331
0.2%
Ponnambalam. PIND
262
0.1%
Thamarai Selvi. STAVK
252
0.1%
Udhayakumar. NIND
187
0.1%
Muthuperumal. KAJPK
124
0.1%
Kanniyappan. SIND
121
0.1%
Muthuselvam. VACDP
113
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ambethkumar. S | DMK | 63,805 | 33.37% | Rani. P | 3,333 |
| 2021 | Ambethkumar S | DMK | 1,02,064 | 54.88% | Murali S | 35,953 |
| 2016 | AMBETHKUMAR S | DMK | 80,206 | 44.20% | MEGANATHAN V | 18,068 |
| 2011 | GUNASEELAN.V | ADMK | 84,529 | 52.05% | KAMALAKKANNAN.J | 12,296 |
| 2006 | JAYARAMAN S P | DMK | 65,762 | 53.29% | CHAKKRAPANI.M | 22,788 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above