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Assembly constituency 43 · Tamil Nadu

Vellore is assembly constituency number 43 in Tamil Nadu, in Vellore district, and one of the segments of the Vellore Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election M.m.vinoth Kannan of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 38.3% of the vote, 6,777 votes ahead of P.karthikeyan (DMK).

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Vellore · 2026AC 43
  1. 01
    M.m.vinoth Kannan
    TVK
    73,032
    38.33%
  2. 02
    P.karthikeyan
    DMK
    66,255
    34.77%
  3. 03
    S R K Appu
    AIADMK
    45,458
    23.86%
  4. 04
    A.soniya
    NTK
    3,793
    1.99%
  5. 05
    K.vimala
    NIDP
    195
    0.10%
  6. 10 other candidates · 1,037 votesNOTA · 757 (0.40%)

Margin 6,777 votes · 3.56% of valid votes

2,14,946
Registered electors
2026 election
88.7%
Turnout
+17.6 pts vs 2021
6,777
Victory margin
3.6% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 15 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,90,527 valid votes, NOTA included.

Vellore 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M.m.vinoth KannanMale · 37 yrsTVK73,032
38.33%
2P.karthikeyanMale · 65 yrsDMK66,255
34.77%
3S R K AppuMale · 48 yrsAIADMK45,458
23.86%
4A.soniyaFemale · 25 yrsNTK3,793
1.99%
—NOTANOTA757
0.40%
5K.vimalaFemale · 41 yrsNIDP195
0.10%
6U.vijaya KumarMale · 34 yrsIndependent191
0.10%
7S.m.irshadMale · 56 yrstavk135
0.07%
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8M.vinothkumarMale · 34 yrsAMGRDMK131
0.07%
9S.madhan KumarMale · 35 yrsIndependent123
0.06%
10S.giridhara PrasadMale · 56 yrsPFTROOBC103
0.05%
11S.appuMale · 25 yrsIndependent103
0.05%
12K.m.vinaayagamMale · 52 yrs · SCVKVIP88
0.05%
13M.loganathanMale · 40 yrsIndependent59
0.03%
14K.muniyappanMale · 74 yrsAPNP55
0.03%
15S.rajkamalMale · 31 yrsIndependent49
0.03%
Past results

The seat changed hands: DMK won in 2021, TVK in 2026.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026TVK 38.3%DMK 34.8%AIADMK 23.9%NTK 2.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026M.m.vinoth KannanTVK · 38.3% · margin 6,777Turnout88.7%
2021Karthikeyan .pDMK · 46.9% · margin 9,181Turnout71.1%
2016KarthikeyanDMK · 51.5% · margin 26,210Turnout68.6%
2011Vijay.dr.v.s.AIADMK · 50.8% · margin 15,176Turnout73.7%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Vellore result 2021

Vellore 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Karthikeyan .pDMK84,299
46.86%
2Appu S.r.kAIADMK75,118
41.76%
3Poonkundran .nNTK8,530
4.74%
4Vikram Chakravarthy .gMNM7,243
4.03%
—NOTANOTA1,441
0.80%
5Naresh Kumar .rTNLK928
0.52%
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6Dharmalingam .v.dAMMK865
0.48%
7Vishnumohan .eIndependent367
0.20%
8Vijayaraj .kIndependent224
0.12%
9Senthilkumar .pVTVTK202
0.11%
10Syed Jalaluddin .mTPSTP187
0.10%
11Panneer Sevlan .nIndependent138
0.08%
12Naseer KIndependent91
0.05%
13Manogaran SKDC67
0.04%
14Srinivasan .nIndependent67
0.04%
15Sathishkumar .sIndependent54
0.03%
16Karthikeyan .rIndependent42
0.02%
17Karthick .eIndependent36
0.02%

Vellore result 2016

Vellore 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1KarthikeyanDMK88,264
51.53%
2Harun RasheedAIADMK62,054
36.23%
3Elangovan.sBJP5,212
3.04%
4Lakshmi Narayanan .dPMK5,185
3.03%
5Abdur Rahman .a.rVCK2,590
1.51%
—NOTANOTA2,400
1.40%
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6Manigandan.aNTK1,639
0.96%
7Shaik MeeranSDPI1,100
0.64%
8Usha Nandhini .mIndependent455
0.27%
9Samuel Jason .pPPIS387
0.23%
10Baladandayudam.gIndependent339
0.20%
11Moosha.bIndependent272
0.16%
12Syed RiswanIndependent231
0.13%
13Balakrishnan VVBMP200
0.12%
14Syed Nizamuddin AslamIndependent176
0.10%
15Selvi.vIndependent150
0.09%
16Saravanan.lIndependent144
0.08%
17VenkatesanIndependent108
0.06%
18Gnanapragasam.sAPNP106
0.06%
19Ramesh.kSP82
0.05%
20VedhamuthuIndependent67
0.04%
21Panneer Selvam .nIndependent65
0.04%
22Jaker Hussain .mIndependent53
0.03%

Vellore result 2011

Vellore 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vijay.dr.v.s.AIADMK71,522
50.82%
2Gnanasekaran.c.INC56,346
40.04%
3Hassan.j.Independent5,273
3.75%
4Aravinth.dr.v.BJP4,334
3.08%
5Elumalai.v.s.Independent1,333
0.95%
6Babu.jIndependent628
0.45%
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7Shanmugam.dIndependent454
0.32%
8Gnansekar.pIndependent304
0.22%
9Nivethankumaar.rIndependent274
0.19%
10Neethevendan.eIndependent272
0.19%
Map

Vellore outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Vellore district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

TVKDMKAIADMKINCPMKVCKOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Vellore is one of the assembly segments of Vellore. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Vellore candidates.

  • Dm Kathir AnandDMK84,154 49.2%
  • Ac ShanmugamBJP64,822 37.9%
  • Dr S PasupathiAIADMK11,926 7.0%
  • D Mahesh AnandNTK6,373 3.7%
  • A NatarajanBHRTPRJAIK600 0.4%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 19,332 EVM votes.

Open Vellore Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Vellore.

Who won the Vellore assembly seat in 2026?

M.m.vinoth Kannan of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Vellore in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 73,032 votes, which was 38.33% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Vellore?

The margin was 6,777 votes (3.56% of valid votes). The runner-up was P.karthikeyan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 66,255 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Vellore in 2026?

Turnout was 88.66%: 1,90,573 of 2,14,946 registered electors voted, across 268 polling stations. That is 17.6 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Vellore part of?

Vellore is an assembly segment of the Vellore Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dm Kathir Anand got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Vellore a reserved constituency?

No. Vellore is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Vellore?

The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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