Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, Vaniyambadi profile: AIADMK's Nilofer Kafeel won seat in 2016

Vaniyambadi Assembly Election 2021: Vaniyambadi is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Vellore district of Tamil Nadu. It falls under the Vellore Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the Vaniyambadi constituency had a total of 2,23,458 registered voters.

Voter turnout in previous election

The voter turnout in Vaniyambadi in the previous Assembly election was 77.26 percent.

Past election results and winners

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, Nilofer Kafeel of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the Vaniyambadi seat. She won 69,588 votes, as against 55,062 votes won by her main rival Syed Farooq of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). In the 2011 election, Govi Sampath Kumar of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) had won the Vaniyambadi seat by beating Abdul Basith of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).  

Election date and timing

The Tamil Nadu Assembly polls will be held on  6 April 2021 , along with Kerala and Puducherry. The day will also see phase three polls in Assam and West Bengal. 92,000 polling booths will be there for the assembly polls. The counting of the votes is scheduled for 2 May. The official notification of the Assembly polls in the state is scheduled for 12 March. The nomination of candidates will be accepted from then till 19 March. The scrutiny of nominations will be done on 20 March and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is 22 March. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has a total number of 234 seats, of which 45 are reserved constituencies (42 SC constituencies and 3 ST Constituencies). The current term of the Assembly ends on 24 May 2021.