VELLORE
Assembly seat no. 43 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called VELLORE. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 2026
M.m.vinoth Kannan
TVK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 6 of 13
Margin, 2026
6,777
3.56% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
DMKP.karthikeyan
- Votes
- 66,255
- Vote share
- 34.77%
- Behind by
- 6,777
Electors
2,14,946
Total votes polled
1,90,527
Valid votes
1,90,527
NOTA votes
757
0.40% of votes polled
Turnout
88.6%
Full result, 2026
15 candidates · 1,90,527 valid votes
M.m.vinoth KannanTVKwon
73,032
38.3%
P.karthikeyanDMK
66,255
34.8%
S R K AppuADMK
45,458
23.9%
A.soniyaNTK
3,793
2.0%
K.vimalaNIDP
195
0.1%
U.vijaya KumarIND
191
0.1%
S.m.irshadTAVK
135
0.1%
M.vinothkumarAMGRDMK
131
0.1%
S.madhan KumarIND
123
0.1%
S.giridhara PrasadPFTROOBC
103
0.1%
S.appuIND
103
0.1%
K.m.vinaayagamVKVIP
88
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 | M.m.vinoth Kannan | TVK | 73,032 | 38.33% | P.karthikeyan | 6,777 |
| 2021 | Karthikeyan .P | DMK | 84,299 | 46.86% | Appu S.R.K | 9,181 |
| 2016 | KARTHIKEYAN | DMK | 88,264 | 51.53% | HARUN RASHEED | 26,210 |
| 2011 | VIJAY.DR.V.S. | ADMK | 71,522 | 50.82% | GNANASEKARAN.C. | 15,176 |
| 2006 | GNANASEKARAN.C | INC | 63,957 | 47.25% | SUBRAMANI.N | 21,837 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
