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Ambur

Assembly constituency 48 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#48 · GEN
Poll date16 May 2016
Contestants15
Electors2,10,433
Votes polled1,59,443
Turnout75.8%
NOTA1,6320.8% of votes
WinnerBalasubramaniAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam79,18249.7% of votes
MARGIN28,006 votes · 17.6 pp79,182 − 51,176
Runner-upNazeer Ahmed Manithaneya Makkal Katchi51,17632.1% of votes
AIADMK 60.7% of top-two votesMMK 39.3%

All candidates 15

  1. 01 BalasubramaniAIADMK79,182 49.7%
  2. 02 Nazeer AhmedMMK51,176 32.1%
  3. 03 Madar Khaleellur RahmanSUNDER7,640 4.8%
  4. 04 VasuDMDK7,043 4.4%
  5. 05 VenkatesanBJP5,760 3.6%
  6. 06 Ameen BashaPMK4,643 2.9%
  7. 07 Sundar.NBSP967 0.6%
  8. 08 ParthibanIND748 0.5%
  9. 09 Kalai KamarajNTK574 0.4%
  10. 10 MuralimohanSHS385 0.2%
  11. 11 DharumanPPIS376 0.2%
  12. 12 GopinathVBMPP375 0.2%
  13. 13 Zaheeru ZamanIND231 0.1%
  14. 14 SyamalaRASHTR193 0.1%
  15. 15 KrishnanIND150 0.1%

Turnout 75.8%

025507510075.8%TURNOUT◦ state median 76.5%
Male 1.03 lakh49.2% Female 1.07 lakh50.8%

Share of 2,10,433 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,033
  • NOTAreported alongside the total1,632 · 0.8%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 232 seats, 201676.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 1,59,443Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    3.7 pp
    Vilwanathan. A.C.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    11.5 pp
    Vilwanathan.A.CDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2019
    21.9 pp
    A.C.VilwanathanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2016
    17.6 pp
    BalasubramaniAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2011
    3.7 pp
    Aslam Basha.AManithaneya Makkal Katchi
  6. 2006
    16.1 pp
    Gnanasekaran.CIndian National Congress
  7. 2001
    9.6 pp
    Gnanasekaran.CTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
  8. 1996
    50.8 pp
    C. GnanasekaranTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
  9. 1991
    21.7 pp
    Gnanasekaran C.Indian National Congress
  10. 1989
    17.9 pp
    Devaraj, V.M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  11. 1984
    9.7 pp
    Devaraj, V. M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1980
    5.1 pp
    Devaraj, V.MDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1977
    0.9 pp
    A.K. RanganathanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1971
    17.8 pp
    S. MurugaiyanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1967
    19.1 pp
    S. MurugianIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    3.4 pp
    Balkrishna A. G.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 50.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 81.8% of votes; the other 13 candidates 18.2% between them.

    (79,182 + 51,176) ÷ 1,59,443 = 81.8% · 29,085 ÷ 1,59,443 = 18.2%

  2. Turnout of 75.8% was 0.7 pp below the state's median seat (76.5%).

    75.8 − 76.5 = −0.7

  3. The margin widened from 3.7 pp in 2011 to 17.6 pp.

    17.6 − 3.7 = +13.9 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: MMK in 2011, AIADMK in 2016.

    2011 MMK · 2016 AIADMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines1,59,443
  • NOTAreported alongside the total1,632
  • Published totalVotes polled1,59,443
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2016 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates15 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 232 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2016 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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