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, 2001
MURUGAVELRAJAN.K
PMK
Elections held
11
1977–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 6 of 11
Margin, 2001
8,871
7.82% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
DMKLOGANATHAN .K.
- Votes
- 46,902
- Vote share
- 41.33%
- Behind by
- 8,871
Electors
1,79,151
Total votes polled
1,13,490
Valid votes
1,13,490
NOTA votes
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Turnout
63.4%
Full result, 2001
8 candidates · 1,13,490 valid votes
MURUGAVELRAJAN.KPMKwon
55,773
49.1%
LOGANATHAN .K.DMK
46,902
41.3%
JAYAVINDHIYARAJ. N.K.IND
3,822
3.4%
RAJAGOPAL.VMDMK
2,832
2.5%
LAKSHMANAN.P.IND
1,790
1.6%
ANBUMANI R.IND
998
0.9%
SIVAKUMAR.G.IND
863
0.8%
GOVINDAN R.M.IND
510
0.5%
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
