title: S. Ambethkumar
text: # S. Ambethkumar
  
  S. Ambethkumar is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Vandavasi as an Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2021.
  
  ## Electoral performance
  
  2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vandavasi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | S. Ambethkumar | 102,064 | 55.41% | +11.21 |
  | | PMK | S. Murali | 66,111 | 35.89% | +22.51 |
  | | NTK | G. Prabavathi | 9,284 | 5.04% | New |
  | | NOTA | NOTA | 1,769 | 0.96% | -0.37 |
  | | AMMK | P. Venkatesan | 1,728 | 0.94% | New |
  | | MNM | S. Suresh | 1,692 | 0.92% | New |
  | | Independent | K. Manikandan | 1,264 | 0.69% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 35,953 | 19.52% | 9.56% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 184,205 | 76.58% | -5.00% |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 347 | 0.19% | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 240,533 | | |
  | | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 11.21% | |
  
  2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vandavasi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | S. Ambethkumar | 80,206 | 44.20% | -0.28 |
  | | AIADMK | V. Meganathan | 62,138 | 34.24% | -17.81 |
  | | PMK | Vadivel Ravanan | 24,277 | 13.38% | New |
  | | VCK | M. K. Metharamesh | 7,745 | 4.27% | New |
  | | NOTA | NOTA | 2,421 | 1.33% | New |
  | | IJK | J. Sudha | 1,079 | 0.59% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,068 | 9.96% | 2.38% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 181,476 | 81.58% | -0.02% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 222,453 | | |
  | | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -7.85% | |
  