VANUR
Assembly seat no. 73 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.
Winner, 2026
Gowtham D
DMK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 6 of 13
Margin, 2026
7,034
3.66% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
TVKSuresh P
- Votes
- 61,839
- Vote share
- 32.19%
- Behind by
- 7,034
Electors
2,09,885
Total votes polled
1,92,119
Valid votes
1,92,119
NOTA votes
519
0.27% of votes polled
Turnout
91.5%
Full result, 2026
15 candidates · 1,92,119 valid votes
Gowtham DDMKwon
68,873
35.8%
Suresh PTVK
61,839
32.2%
Murugan PADMK
54,193
28.2%
Karikalan BNTK
4,697
2.4%
Vetrivel GIND
572
0.3%
Sakthivel STAVK
285
0.1%
Vinayagamoorthy MBSP
265
0.1%
Radhika SIND
197
0.1%
Sathyaraman PIND
172
0.1%
Sivakumar RIND
112
0.1%
Anandakumar P MTK
95
0.0%
Ayyanar EIND
93
0.0%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Gowtham D | DMK | 68,873 | 35.85% | Suresh P | 7,034 |
| 2021 | CHAKRAPANI M | ADMK | 92,219 | 50.61% | VANNI ARASU | 21,727 |
| 2016 | CHAKRAPANI M | ADMK | 64,167 | 36.79% | MYDILI R | 10,223 |
| 2011 | JANAKIRAMAN.I | ADMK | 88,834 | 55.99% | PUSHPARAJ.S | 25,138 |
| 2006 | GANAPATHY.N. | ADMK | 59,978 | 42.57% | SOUNDARARAJAN.N. | 4,036 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above