Vidhan Sabha · Assembly constituency 43 of Tamil Nadu

Vellore

GeneralTamil NaduAC 43Lok Sabha: Vellore

—Electors · 2026

—Turnout

15Candidates

1Villages placed

MLA · elected 2026

M.M.Vinoth Kannan

TVK · Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

73,032

Votes

38.3%

Vote share

6,777

Margin

Source: Election Commission of India, Tamil Nadu Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity).

Election history

Assembly results for Vellore

Contests since the 2008 delimitation, including by-elections where we have them.

Year

Winner & runner-up

Vote %

Margin

2026

M.M.Vinoth Kannan TVK

def. P.Karthikeyan (DMK)

38.3%

6,777

2021

Karthikeyan .P DMK

def. Appu S.R.K (AIADMK)

46.9%

9,181

2016

Karthikeyan DMK

def. Harun Rasheed (AIADMK)

51.5%

26,210

2011

Vijay.Dr.V.S. AIADMK

def. Gnanasekaran.C. (INC)

50.8%

15,176

2026 vote share

TVK M.M.Vinoth Kannan38.3%

DMK P.Karthikeyan34.8%

AIADMK S R K Appu23.9%

Others (12 candidates)2.6%

Source: Election Commission of India, Tamil Nadu Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity). NOTA excluded.

Source: Election Commission of India, Tamil Nadu Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity); TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University.

15 candidates

Every candidate, 2026

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	M.M.Vinoth Kannan	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	73,032	38.33%
2	P.Karthikeyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	66,255	34.77%
3	S R K Appu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	45,458	23.86%
4	A.Soniya	Naam Tamilar Katchi	3,793	1.99%
5	K.Vimala	Naam Indiar Party	195	0.10%
6	U.Vijaya Kumar	Independent	191	0.10%
7	S.M.Irshad	Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi	135	0.07%
8	M.Vinothkumar	Anna MGR Dravida Makkal Kalgam	131	0.07%
9	S.Madhan Kumar	Independent	123	0.06%
10	S.Giridhara Prasad	Party for the Rights of Other backward Classes	103	0.05%
11	S.Appu	Independent	103	0.05%
12	K.M.Vinaayagam	Viro Ke Vir Indian Party	88	0.05%
13	M.Loganathan	Independent	59	0.03%
14	K.Muniyappan	ALL PENSIONER'S PARTY	55	0.03%
15	S.Rajkamal	Independent	49	0.03%

Source: Election Commission of India, Tamil Nadu Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity). NOTA votes are not listed.

1 villages

Villages in Vellore

Placed by map location where we have it (✓), otherwise estimated from their mandal (≈). Boundaries are approximate — the voter list is the final word.

Thellur
Anaicut, Vellore6,356 ✓

Boundaries: Assembly constituency boundaries, DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 IN).