Vanur Assembly constituency

Vanur
Vanur
Constituency No. 73 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Villupuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Villupuram
Established	1962
Total electors	2,09,885
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Gautham Dravidamani
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2026

Vanur is a state assembly constituency in Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 73. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and comprises Vanur taluk and a portion of Viluppuram taluk. It is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Year	Winner	Party
1962	A. G. Balakrishna		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	A. G. Balakrishnan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Year	Winner
1971	N. Muthuvel	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. Paramasivan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	N. Muthuvel	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	M. N. Ramajayam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. Marimuthu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. Arumugam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	A. Marimuthu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	N. Ganapathy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	N. Ganapathy
2011	I. Janagiraman
2016	M. Chakrapani^[3]
2021	M. Chakrapani^[3]
2026	Goutham Dravidamani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Gowtham	68,873	35.85	New
	TVK	Suresh P	61,839	32.19	New
	AIADMK	Murugan P	54,193	28.21	22.78
	NTK	Karikalan B	4,697	2.44	2.31
	Independent	Vetrivel G	572	0.30	New
	NOTA	NOTA	519	0.27	0.48
	TVK	Sakthivel S	285	0.15	New
	BSP	Vinayagamoorthy M	265	0.14	New
	Independent	Radhika S	197	0.10	New
	Independent	Sathyaraman P	172	0.09	New
	Independent	Sivakumar R	112	0.06	New
	Thakkam Katchi	Anandakumar P M	95	0.05	New
	Independent	Ayyanar E	93	0.05	New
	Independent	Murali M	83	0.04	New
	Independent	Suresh C V	68	0.04	New
	Independent	Thangarasu N	56	0.03	New
Margin of victory			7,034	3.66	8.35
Turnout			1,92,119	91.54	11.71
Registered electors			2,09,885		16,654
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chakrapani	92,219	50.99%	+14.21
	VCK	Vanni Arasu	70,492	38.98%	New
	NTK	M. Latchoumy	8,587	4.75%	New
	DMDK	P. M. Ganapathi	5,460	3.02%	New
	MNM	M. Sandoshkumar	2,500	1.38%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,363	0.75%	−0.07
Margin of victory			21,727	12.01%	6.15%
Turnout			180,845	79.83%	1.00%
Rejected ballots			209	0.12%
Registered electors			226,539
	AIADMK hold		Swing	14.21%

Members of Legislative Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chakrapani	64,167	36.79%	−19.2
	DMK	R. Mydili	53,944	30.93%	−9.22
	PMK	P. Sankar	27,240	15.62%	New
	VCK	D. Ravikumar	23,873	13.69%	New
	BJP	D. Thiruselvakumar	1,716	0.98%	+0.03
	NOTA	NOTA	1,430	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			10,223	5.86%	−9.98%
Turnout			174,428	78.83%	−2.09%
Registered electors			221,269
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-19.20%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	I. Janagiraman	88,834	55.99%	+13.41
	DMK	S. Pushparaj	63,696	40.14%	New
	BJP	D. Vetrivendan	1,520	0.96%	+0.22
	BSP	N. Ramamoorthy	1,193	0.75%	−0.09
	Independent	D. Devi	1,191	0.75%	New
	Independent	K. Janagiraman	1,140	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			25,138	15.84%	12.98%
Turnout			158,671	80.92%	10.90%
Registered electors			196,094
	AIADMK hold		Swing	13.41%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Ganapathy	59,978	42.57%	−13.07
	PMK	N. Soundararajan	55,942	39.71%	New
	DMDK	K. Raja	19,051	13.52%	New
	Independent	M. Jayapal	1,718	1.22%	New
	BSP	A. Govindasamy	1,181	0.84%	New
	BJP	D. Paramasivam	1,042	0.74%	New
	Independent	S. Kothandaraman	912	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			4,036	2.86%	−14.50%
Turnout			140,884	70.02%	9.83%
Registered electors			201,206
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-13.07%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Ganapathy	68,421	55.65%	+25.81
	DMK	R. Mydili	47,072	38.28%	−11.95
	MDMK	P. S. Velayudham	2,986	2.43%	−0.04
	Independent	R. Jayaraman	2,410	1.96%	New
	Independent	A. Lakshmi Kanthan	951	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			21,349	17.36%	−3.03%
Turnout			122,958	60.19%	−6.52%
Registered electors			204,268
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	5.41%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Marimuthu	58,966	50.23%	+28.08
	AIADMK	S. P. Erasendiran	35,024	29.84%	−26.47
	PMK	M. N. Eramajayam	17,855	15.21%	New
	MDMK	K. Manjini	2,900	2.47%	New
	BSP	K. Vijayan	746	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			23,942	20.40%	−13.75%
Turnout			117,386	66.72%	−0.15%
Registered electors			186,365
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.07%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Arumugam	60,128	56.30%	+38.34
	DMK	N. V. Jayaseelan	23,659	22.15%	−26.08
	PMK	M. H. Ramajayam	21,081	19.74%	New
Margin of victory			36,469	34.15%	9.36%
Turnout			106,795	66.87%	6.34%
Registered electors			169,151
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.07%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Marimuthu	42,825	48.24%	+12.77
	INC	C. Krishnan	20,813	23.44%	New
	AIADMK	M. N. Ramajayam	15,951	17.97%	−46.57
	CPI	V. Arjunan	8,273	9.32%	New
Margin of victory			22,012	24.79%	−4.28%
Turnout			88,784	60.53%	−13.04%
Registered electors			150,426
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-16.30%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. N. Ramajayam	58,196	64.54%	+18.78
	DMK	A. Poopalan	31,980	35.46%	−17.43
Margin of victory			26,216	29.07%	21.93%
Turnout			90,176	73.57%	12.90%
Registered electors			130,927
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	11.64%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Muthuvel	38,883	52.89%	+18.58
	AIADMK	M. N. Ramajayam	33,635	45.75%	+14.58
	Independent	V. Kanagaraj Vanur	600	0.82%	New
	Independent	A. Erusan	394	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			5,248	7.14%	4.00%
Turnout			73,512	60.67%	2.93%
Registered electors			123,245
	DMK hold		Swing	18.58%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Paramasivam	21,557	34.32%	−25.49
	AIADMK	A. Boopalan	19,584	31.18%	New
	INC	S. Gandhidass	12,621	20.09%	−13.75
	JP	A. Perumal	7,862	12.52%	New
	Independent	A. Erusan	861	1.37%	New
	Independent	Arulvaratharajan	332	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			1,973	3.14%	−22.83%
Turnout			62,817	57.74%	−11.05%
Registered electors			110,777
	DMK hold		Swing	-25.49%

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vanur^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. G. Balakrishnan	22,463	51.70%	*New*
	INC	S. Kannana	20,987	48.30%	New
Margin of victory			1,476	3.40%
Turnout			43,450	57.21%
Registered electors			78,972
	DMK win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Muthuvel	34,121	59.81%	+9.75
	INC	A. Venkatachalam	19,306	33.84%	−16.1
	Independent	A. Erusan	3,620	6.35%	New
Margin of victory			14,815	25.97%	25.85%
Turnout			57,047	68.80%	−1.46%
Registered electors			91,533
	DMK hold		Swing	9.75%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Balakrishnan	30,023	50.06%	−1.64
	INC	Velayudham	29,953	49.94%	+1.64
Margin of victory			70	0.12%	−3.28%
Turnout			59,976	70.25%	13.05%
Registered electors			88,494
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.64%