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, 2021
Karthikeyan .P
DMK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 6 of 13
Margin, 2021
9,181
5.10% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
ADMKAppu S.R.K
- Votes
- 75,118
- Vote share
- 41.76%
- Behind by
- 9,181
Electors
2,56,083
Total votes polled
1,79,899
Valid votes
1,79,899
NOTA votes
1,441
0.80% of votes polled
Turnout
70.3%
Full result, 2021
17 candidates · 1,79,899 valid votes
Karthikeyan .PDMKwon
84,299
46.9%
Appu S.R.KADMK
75,118
41.8%
Poonkundran .NNTK
8,530
4.7%
Vikram Chakravarthy .GMNM
7,243
4.0%
Naresh Kumar .RTAMILNADUILANGYARKATCHI
928
0.5%
Dharmalingam .V.DAMMK
865
0.5%
Vishnumohan .EIND
367
0.2%
Vijayaraj .KIND
224
0.1%
Senthilkumar .PVEERATHTHIYAGIVISWANATHADOSSTHOZHILALARKALKATCHI
202
0.1%
Syed Jalaluddin .MTIPUSULTANPARTY
187
0.1%
Panneer Sevlan .NIND
138
0.1%
Naseer KIND
91
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 17. 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
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the VELLORE assembly constituency in 2026?
M.m.vinoth Kannan (TVK) won VELLORE in 2026, by a margin of 6,777 votes.
Which party has won VELLORE the most times?
DMK, with 6 of the 13 wins recorded since 1971.
How many times has VELLORE gone to the polls?
13 times, from 1971 to 2026.
Who has won VELLORE the most times?
GNANASEKARAN.C, with 2 wins between 2001 and 2006.
