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, 2021
Ambethkumar S
DMK
Elections held
11
1977–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 6 of 11
Margin, 2021
35,953
19.33% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
PMKMurali S
- Votes
- 66,111
- Vote share
- 35.55%
- Behind by
- 35,953
Electors
2,42,122
Total votes polled
1,85,974
Valid votes
1,85,974
NOTA votes
1,769
0.95% of votes polled
Turnout
76.8%
Full result, 2021
11 candidates · 1,85,974 valid votes
Ambethkumar SDMKwon
1,02,064
54.9%
Murali SPMK
66,111
35.5%
Prabavathi GNTK
9,284
5.0%
Venkatesan PAMMK
1,728
0.9%
Suresh SMNM
1,692
0.9%
Manikandan KIND
1,264
0.7%
Arjunan MBSP
607
0.3%
Vignesh SIND
546
0.3%
Murali CIND
407
0.2%
Durai BGANASANGAMPARTYOFINDIA
363
0.2%
Muthuperumal KIND
139
0.1%
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
