# Ambur Assembly constituency

12°47′N 78°42′E﻿ / ﻿12.78°N 78.7°E﻿ / 12.78; 78.7
Ambur is a state assembly constituency in Tirupattur district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 48. It comprises portions of Vellore and Vaniyambadi taluks and is a part of Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It was in existence from the 1957 to 1971 state elections of Madras State, following which it became a constituency of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party |
| Second | 1957 | V. K. Krishnamurthy | INC |
| Second | 1957 | S. R. Munusamy | Independent |
| Third | 1962 | P. Rajagopal | INC |
| Fourth | 1967 | M. Panneerselvam | DMK |

### Tamil Nadu

| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party |
| Fifth | 1971 | M. Panneerselvam | DMK |
| Sixth | 1977 | | |
| Seventh | 1980 | | |
| Eighth | 1984 | | |
| Ninth | 1989 | | |
| Tenth | 1991 | | |
| Eleventh | 1996 | | |
| Twelfth | 2001 | | |
| Thirteenth | 2006 | | |
| Fourteenth | 2011 | A. Aslam Basha | MNMK |
| Fifteenth | 2016 | R. Balasubramani - disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017 | AIADMK |
| By-election | 2019 | A. C. Vilwanathan | DMK |
| Sixteenth | 2021 | A. C. Vilwanathan | DMK |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | A. C. Vilwanathan | 90,476 | 51.27% | |
| | AIADMK | Nazar Mohamed. K | 70,244 | 39.81% | −9.35% |
| | NTK | Maharunnisha | 10,150 | 5.75% | 5.40% |
| | SDPI | Umar Farook. Asa | 1,793 | 1.02% | |
| | MNM | Raja. S | 1,638 | 0.93% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,417 | 0.80% | −0.21% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,232 | 11.47% | −5.92% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,76,461 | 74.15% | −1.72% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 314 | 0.18% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,37,993 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | | |

### 2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Ambur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | A. C. Vilwanathan | 96,455 | 55.93 | +55.93 |
| | AIADMK | J. Jothi Ramalinga Raja | 58,688 | 34.03 | |
| | AMMK | R. Balasubramani | 8,856 | 5.14 | +5.14 |
| | NTK | N. Selvamani | 3,127 | 1.81 | +1.45 |
| | MNM | A. Kareem Basha | 1,853 | 1.07 | +1.07 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,852 | 1.07 | +0.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,767 | 21.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,72,457 | 76.85 | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Balasubramani. R. (E) | 79,182 | 49.16% | |
| | MNMK | Nazeer Ahmed. V. R. | 51,176 | 31.77% | |
| | SUNP | Madar Khaleellur Rahman | 7,640 | 4.74% | |
| | DMDK | Vasu. R. | 7,043 | 4.37% | |
| | BJP | Venkatesan. K. | 5,760 | 3.58% | −0.83% |
| | PMK | Ameen Basha. M. | 4,643 | 2.88% | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,632 | 1.01% | |
| | BSP | Sundar. N. | 967 | 0.60% | −0.47% |
| | Independent | Zaheeruzaman | 748 | 0.46% | |
| | NTK | Kalaikamaraj. N. | 574 | 0.36% | |
| | SS | Murali Mohan. M. | 385 | 0.24% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 28,006 | 17.39% | 13.67% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,61,075 | 75.87% | −1.83% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,12,306 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from MNMK | AIADMK gain from MNMK | Swing | 5.15% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MNMK | Aslam Basha. A | 60,361 | 44.01% | |
| | INC | Vijay Elanchezian. J | 55,270 | 40.30% | |
| | Independent | Sampath E | 6,553 | 4.78% | |
| | BJP | Venkatesan. G | 6,047 | 4.41% | |
| | Independent | Shameel Ahmed V | 1,752 | 1.28% | |
| | Independent | Gopi C | 1,485 | 1.08% | |
| | BSP | Sundar. N | 1,468 | 1.07% | |
| | Independent | Hameed S A | 1,414 | 1.03% | |
| | IJK | Baseer Ahmed P | 1,074 | 0.78% | |
| | INL | Syed Badruddin. N | 974 | 0.71% | |
| | Independent | Rahaman N | 751 | 0.55% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,091 | 3.71% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,76,519 | 77.70% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,37,149 | | |
| | MNMK win (new seat) | MNMK win (new seat) | MNMK win (new seat) | MNMK win (new seat) | MNMK win (new seat) |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. Panneerselvam | 32,937 | 55.17% | −1.17% |
| | INC | Adimoolam M. | 21,449 | 35.93% | −1.48% |
| | Independent | Damodaran V. K. | 5,129 | 8.59% | |
| | Independent | Ashok John Joseph R. S. | 182 | 0.30% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,488 | 19.24% | 0.30% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,697 | 64.42% | −3.29% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 96,754 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -1.17% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. Panneerselvam | 31,554 | 56.35% | |
| | INC | P. Rajagopal | 20,947 | 37.41% | −16.32% |
| | RPI | A. T. Velayutham | 3,499 | 6.25% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,607 | 18.94% | −1.13% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,000 | 67.71% | 5.65% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 87,087 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 2.62% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | P. Rajagopal | 25,505 | 53.73% | 31.25% |
| | RPI | S. R. Muniswamy | 15,979 | 33.66% | |
| | Independent | M. Adimoolam | 5,988 | 12.61% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,526 | 20.07% | 19.66% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,472 | 62.06% | −8.36% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 80,473 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 31.25% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | V. K. Krishnamurthy | 25,562 | 22.48% | |
| | Independent | Sampangi Naidu | 25,105 | 22.07% | |
| | Independent | S. R. Munusami | 17,047 | 14.99% | |
| | INC | A. M. Rathanasami (Sc) | 15,842 | 13.93% | |
| | Independent | Athimeolam (Sc) | 15,585 | 13.70% | |
| | Independent | M. B. Rajagopal Naidu | 14,592 | 12.83% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 457 | 0.40% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,13,733 | 70.42% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,61,510 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |