A. C. Vilwanathan

A. C. Vilwanathan is an Indian politician and is Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Ambur constituency in the by-election in 2019 & 2021.^[1][2][3][4]

A. C. Vilwanathan
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Constituency	Ambur
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Ambur Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. C. Vilwanathan	90,476	51.27%
	AIADMK	Nazar Mohamed. K	70,244	39.81%	-9.35%
	NTK	Maharunnisha	10,150	5.75%	5.40%
	SDPI	Umar Farook. Asa	1,793	1.02%
	MNM	Raja. S	1,638	0.93%
	NOTA	Nota	1,417	0.80%	-0.21%
Margin of victory			20,232	11.47%	-5.92%
Turnout			1,76,461	74.15%	-1.72%
Rejected ballots			314	0.18%
Registered electors			2,37,993
	DMK hold		Swing

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections : Ambur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. C. Vilwanathan	96,455	55.93	+55.93
	AIADMK	J. Jothi Ramalinga Raja	58,688	34.03
	AMMK	R. Balasubramani	8,856	5.14	+5.14
	NTK	N. Selvamani	3,127	1.81	+1.45
	MNM	A. Kareem Basha	1,853	1.07	+1.07
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,852	1.07	+0.06
Majority			37,767	21.90
Turnout			1,72,457	76.85
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

References

1. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
2. My Neta
3. DMK wins Ambur, Gudiyatham bypolls
4. DMK wins 2 seats, AIADMK 1 in Vellore
5. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.