Ambur
All 16 candidates
| # | Candidate | Votes · share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. C. VilwanathanWonDMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 74,10237.89% |
| 2 | Imthiyaz Pandarattudu AbduTVK Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | 66,97134.24% |
| 3 | R. VenkatesanAIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 47,10024.08% |
| Below this line, candidates lost their deposit: 32,519 votes or fewer, one-sixth of the 1,95,116 votes for all candidates | ||
| 4 | S. Afshia Nasrin (lost deposit)NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi | 4,1852.14% |
| 5 | J. Viswanathan (lost deposit)IND Independent | 4900.25% |
| NOTANone of the above: not a candidate | 4680.24% | |
| 6 | B. Asadullah (lost deposit)INL Indian National League | 4570.23% |
| 7 | J. Wazeer Ahmed (lost deposit)BSP Bahujan Samaj Party | 3840.20% |
| 8 | Srinath (lost deposit)IND Independent | 2310.12% |
| 9 | Y. Sasi Reka (lost deposit)MAK Makkal Arasial Katchi | 1940.10% |
| 10 | P. Kumaravel (lost deposit)IND Independent | 1930.10% |
| 11 | M. Venkatesan (lost deposit)IND Independent | 1820.09% |
| 12 | A. Kareem Basha (lost deposit)AIMEIE All India Majlis-E-Inquilab-E-Millat | 1680.09% |
| 13 | Mushtaq Ahmed Kutlappai (lost deposit)IND Independent | 1510.08% |
| 14 | M. Firdose Ahmed (lost deposit)IND Independent | 1300.07% |
| 15 | Haroon Rasheed Badu (lost deposit)AIPTMM All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam | 930.05% |
| 16 | A. Govindhan (lost deposit)AIYDP All India Youth Development Party | 850.04% |
Ambur 2026: DMK's Vilwanathan holds leather-town seat
DMK's A. C. Vilwanathan retained Ambur over TVK's Imthiyaz Pandarattudu Abdu. Vilwanathan had taken the seat in 2021 by a 20,232-vote margin, while AIADMK's R. Balasubramani won here in 2016 and MNMK's A. Aslam Basha in 2011. Ambur's tannery-town politics has tilted DMK in the past two elections.
Where Ambur was won
| Led by | Booths of 300 | Villages of 57 |
|---|---|---|
| A. C. Vilwanathan DMK | 89 | 4 |
| Imthiyaz Pandarattudu Abdu TVK | 152 | 40 |
| Others | 59 | 13 |
| Closest village | Arimalai: AIADMK ahead by 6 | |
A. C. Vilwanathan’s biggest leads
- Ambur+20,641127 booths
- Mittalam+966 booths
- Veppankuppam+682 booths
Imthiyaz Pandarattudu Abdu’s best villages
- Thottalam+5464 booths
- Minnur+5394 booths
- Vinnamangalam+4927 booths
Counted from Form 20, booth by booth (vote leads are in votes cast at the booth; postal ballots are counted for the whole seat only).
Every village and booth
The constituency
- Reservation
- General seat (not reserved)
- Lok Sabha seat
- Vellore
- Electors, 2026
- 2,14,469women 1,10,097 (51.3%) · men 1,04,331 (48.6%) · third gender 41
Sources · electoral roll, reservation: ECI · Lok Sabha seat: 2008 delimitation order
Postal ballot breakdown
1,236 postal ballots · from polling staff, election-duty officers, absentee voters · counted before EVM rounds
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. C. Vilwanathan | DMK | 559 | 73,543 | 74,102 |
| 2 | R. Venkatesan | AIADMK | 332 | 46,768 | 47,100 |
| 3 | Imthiyaz Pandarattudu Abdu | TVK | 282 | 66,689 | 66,971 |
| 4 | S. Afshia Nasrin | NTK | 42 | 4,143 | 4,185 |
| 5 | M. Firdose Ahmed | IND | 6 | 124 | 130 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
| Measure | This seat | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning margin, votes | 7,131 | 155th | 11,416 |
| Winner’s share | 37.9% | 108th | 37.4% |
| Turnout | 91.2% | 42nd | 86.9% |
| Votes cast | 1,95,584 | 153rd | 2,08,471 |
| Candidates | 16 | 93rd | 15 |
| NOTA votes | 468 | 216th | 784 |
| Since 2021 | DMK held the seat. In 2021 A. C. Vilwanathan won it by 20,232 votes. | ||
Winners and runners-up, 2011–2026
2011, 2016 and 2021 rows: checked against the ECI detailed results. Earlier rows: secondary sources. Two-part pill: alliance leader first, then the candidate's party.
Pre-2008 Ambur boundaries differ from the current seat; 2006 results are not directly comparable.
About Ambur
Ambur in Tirupathur district is a leather and biryani town on the Chennai-Bengaluru highway. Tanneries and footwear units around the Palar make Ambur one of India's biggest leather-export clusters, alongside Ranipet and Vaniyambadi. The town's biryani style, traced to its Nawab kitchens, has spread across Tamil Nadu through chain restaurants.
The constituency takes in Ambur municipality, Pernambut and the village belt that supplies labour to the tanneries. Politics here often turns on tannery effluent rules, minority welfare schemes, and the highway expansion that affects local trade. Ambur town has a sizeable Muslim population.
Around Ambur
Ambur's biryani lanes and tannery quarter sit just off NH-48, with Yelagiri's hill stations a 40-minute drive away. The Vaniyambadi-Pernambut leather corridor stretches west, and Jolarpet's railway junction lies along the same belt.
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Who won Ambur in the 2026 Tamil Nadu election?
A. C. Vilwanathan of DMK won Ambur (AC 48) in the April 2026 Assembly election with 74,102 votes, 37.89% of the votes polled, ahead of Imthiyaz Pandarattudu Abdu of TVK by 7,131 votes.
Who is the MLA of Ambur?
A. C. Vilwanathan of DMK was elected MLA for Ambur in April 2026 and sits in the 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly.
What was the turnout in Ambur in 2026?
Turnout was 91.2%: 1,95,584 of 2,14,469 electors voted.
Which district is Ambur in?
Ambur (constituency number 48) is in Tirupathur district, part of the Vellore Lok Sabha seat.
Who won Ambur before 2026?
In 2021 A. C. Vilwanathan of DMK won by 20,232 votes over K. Nazar Mohamed. In 2016 R. Balasubramani of AIADMK won by 28,006 votes over V. R. Nazeer Ahmed.
Sources: Form 20, booth-wise result (PDF)ECI result, AC 48Community line: Deccan Chronicle, 22 Mar 2016
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