Vaniyambadi
Syed Farooq Basha (IUML) is the MLA for Vaniyambadi.
IUML took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 Syed Farooq Basha won with 34.4% of the vote, 2,982 votes ahead of S. Syed Bhurhanudeen (TVK).
Vaniyambadi is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 65 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Vellore
- Area
- about 473 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 75.9%
- Seats sharing a border
- Ambur · Jolarpet · Tiruppattur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | IUML Syed Farooq Basha | 73,181 · 34.4% | TVK S. Syed Bhurhanudeen | 70,199 · 33.0% | 2,982 (1.4 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK G Sendhil Kumar | 88,018 · 46.3% | IUML N. Mohammad Nayeem | 83,114 · 43.7% | 4,904 (2.6 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Nilofer | 69,588 · 40.3% | IUML Syed Farooq | 55,062 · 31.9% | 14,526 (8.4 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK Govi. Sampath Kumar | 80,563 · 54.6% | DMK H. Abdul Basith | 62,338 · 42.3% | 18,225 (12.4 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Vaniyambadi: mentions per week
Busiest week: 17 August (8 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
65 mentions of Vaniyambadi since 1 June 2026 from 10 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Vaniyambadi, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Tirupathur district
Tirupathur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaniyambadi | IUML | 1.4 | 18 |
| Ambur | DMK | 3.6 | 12 |
| Jolarpet | ADMK | 7.5 | 5 |
| Tiruppattur | TVK | 23.8 | 22 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Tirupathur district: no recent headline names Vaniyambadi
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Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.