Vellore is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 43. It includes the city of Vellore and forms a part of the Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
Vellore | |
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Constituency No. 43 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Vellore |
LS constituency | Vellore |
Total electors | 2,53,049[1] |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | DMK |
Elected year | 2021 |
Vellore was one of the 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[3][4] Most successful party: DMK (7 times)
Madras State
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1952 | H. M. Jaganathan and A. K. Masilamany Chetty | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | M. P. Sarathy | Independent | |
1962 | R. Jeevarathna Mudaliar | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | M. P. Sarathi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
Election results
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | P. Karthikeyan | 84,299 | 47.24% | −4.29 | |
AIADMK | S. R. K. Appu | 75,118 | 42.09% | +5.86 | |
NTK | N. Poonkundran | 8,530 | 4.78% | +3.82 | |
MNM | G. Vikram Chakravarthy | 7,243 | 4.06% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 1,441 | 0.81% | −0.59 | |
Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi | R. Naresh Kumar | 928 | 0.52% | New | |
Margin of victory | 9,181 | 5.14% | −10.16% | ||
Turnout | 178,458 | 70.52% | 1.93% | ||
Rejected ballots | 324 | 0.18% | |||
Registered electors | 253,049 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -4.29% |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | P. Karthikeyan | 88,264 | 51.53% | New | |
AIADMK | Harun Rasheed | 62,054 | 36.23% | −14.59 | |
BJP | S. Elangovan | 5,212 | 3.04% | −0.04 | |
PMK | D. Lakshmi Narayanan | 5,185 | 3.03% | New | |
VCK | A. R. Abdur Rahman | 2,590 | 1.51% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 2,400 | 1.40% | New | |
NTK | A. Manigandan | 1,639 | 0.96% | New | |
SDPI | Shaik Meeran | 1,100 | 0.64% | New | |
Margin of victory | 26,210 | 15.30% | 4.52% | ||
Turnout | 171,279 | 68.59% | −5.00% | ||
Registered electors | 249,715 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.71% |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Dr. V. S. Vijay | 71,522 | 50.82% | New | |
INC | C. Gnanasekharan | 56,346 | 40.04% | −7.21 | |
Independent | J. Hassan | 5,273 | 3.75% | New | |
BJP | Dr. V. Aravinth | 4,334 | 3.08% | +1.48 | |
Independent | V. S. Elumalai | 1,333 | 0.95% | New | |
Margin of victory | 15,176 | 10.78% | −5.35% | ||
Turnout | 140,740 | 73.59% | 8.34% | ||
Registered electors | 191,251 | ||||
AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 3.57% |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | C. Gnanasekharan | 63,957 | 47.25% | New | |
MDMK | N. Subramani | 42,120 | 31.12% | +29.3 | |
SP | G. G. Ravi | 15,710 | 11.61% | New | |
DMDK | A. Rajenderan | 9,549 | 7.05% | New | |
BJP | K. Kalaiselvi | 2,161 | 1.60% | New | |
Margin of victory | 21,837 | 16.13% | 6.52% | ||
Turnout | 135,359 | 65.25% | 10.79% | ||
Registered electors | 207,448 | ||||
INC gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -5.21% |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TMC(M) | C. Gnanasekharan | 60,697 | 52.46% | New | |
DMK | A. M. Ramalingam | 49,573 | 42.84% | New | |
MDMK | S. Rajasekaran | 2,098 | 1.81% | −3.66 | |
Independent | R. Abdul Jameel | 1,192 | 1.03% | New | |
Independent | A. Ramu | 959 | 0.83% | New | |
Margin of victory | 11,124 | 9.61% | −42.79% | ||
Turnout | 115,708 | 54.46% | −6.96% | ||
Registered electors | 212,486 | ||||
TMC(M) hold | Swing | -18.41% |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TMC(M) | C. Gnanasekharan | 82,339 | 70.86% | New | |
INC | S. B. Bhaskaran | 21,451 | 18.46% | −39.84 | |
MDMK | N. Subramani | 6,359 | 5.47% | New | |
AIIC(T) | D. Chidambaram | 3,009 | 2.59% | New | |
BJP | K. Sekar | 1,447 | 1.25% | New | |
Margin of victory | 60,888 | 52.40% | 30.25% | ||
Turnout | 116,193 | 61.42% | 6.33% | ||
Registered electors | 194,734 | ||||
TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | 12.56% |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | C. Gnanasekharan | 60,698 | 58.30% | +40.76 | |
DMK | A. M. Ramalingam | 37,632 | 36.15% | −11.23 | |
IUML | M. M. Habibullah | 3,973 | 3.82% | New | |
JP | R. Loganathan | 828 | 0.80% | New | |
Margin of victory | 23,066 | 22.16% | 3.98% | ||
Turnout | 104,111 | 55.09% | −10.72% | ||
Registered electors | 192,744 | ||||
INC gain from DMK | Swing | 10.93% |
1989
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | V. M. Devaraj | 50,470 | 47.37% | −6.64 | |
AIADMK | P. Neelakandan | 31,110 | 29.20% | −14.87 | |
INC | A. K. Shanmugasudaram | 18,683 | 17.54% | New | |
Independent | V. Jaganmohan Alias Sivajimohan | 4,535 | 4.26% | New | |
Independent | M. Ilamathi | 856 | 0.80% | New | |
Margin of victory | 19,360 | 18.17% | 8.23% | ||
Turnout | 106,539 | 65.81% | −7.60% | ||
Registered electors | 164,678 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -6.64% |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | V. M. Devaraj | 54,453 | 54.01% | +4.33 | |
AIADMK | A. K. Ranganathan | 44,430 | 44.07% | −0.42 | |
INC(J) | Kulasekaran | 1,078 | 1.07% | New | |
Independent | M. Arumugam Alias Vidivelli Arumugam | 552 | 0.55% | New | |
Margin of victory | 10,023 | 9.94% | 4.75% | ||
Turnout | 100,823 | 73.41% | 9.27% | ||
Registered electors | 141,315 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 4.33% |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | V. M. Devaraj | 43,126 | 49.68% | +25.35 | |
AIADMK | A. K. Ranganathan | 38,619 | 44.49% | +14.02 | |
JP | K. Eswaran | 4,489 | 5.17% | New | |
Margin of victory | 4,507 | 5.19% | 4.24% | ||
Turnout | 86,803 | 64.14% | −3.48% | ||
Registered electors | 136,560 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 19.21% |
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | A. K. Ranganathan | 26,590 | 30.47% | New | |
JP | A. K. Lalalajpathy | 25,758 | 29.52% | New | |
DMK | V. M. Devaraj | 21,229 | 24.33% | −28.52 | |
INC | V. Dakshinamoorthy | 12,043 | 13.80% | −30.14 | |
Independent | G. Moorthv | 1,064 | 1.22% | New | |
Margin of victory | 832 | 0.95% | −7.95% | ||
Turnout | 87,258 | 67.63% | −3.80% | ||
Registered electors | 130,154 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -22.38% |
1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | M. P. Sarathy | 38,968 | 52.85% | −6.11 | |
INC | A. K. Lalalajapathy | 32,401 | 43.94% | +6.3 | |
Independent | Iiamathi | 1,587 | 2.15% | New | |
Independent | Abdul Khader Jamali | 665 | 0.90% | New | |
Margin of victory | 6,567 | 8.91% | −12.41% | ||
Turnout | 73,735 | 71.43% | −7.54% | ||
Registered electors | 106,424 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -6.11% |
1967
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | M. P. Sarathy | 39,863 | 58.96% | +18.63 | |
INC | J. Mudaliar | 25,449 | 37.64% | −2.97 | |
RPI | V. K. Damodaran | 1,209 | 1.79% | New | |
Independent | M. Chettiar | 550 | 0.81% | New | |
Independent | Mani | 350 | 0.52% | New | |
Margin of victory | 14,414 | 21.32% | 21.03% | ||
Turnout | 67,613 | 78.97% | 3.17% | ||
Registered electors | 88,490 | ||||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | 18.34% |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | R. Jeevarathna Mudaliar | 26,739 | 40.61% | +19.56 | |
DMK | M. P. Sarathy | 26,549 | 40.32% | New | |
CPI | Sundaram | 11,760 | 17.86% | −15.68 | |
Independent | W. Rajammal | 412 | 0.63% | New | |
Independent | Subramani | 378 | 0.57% | New | |
Margin of victory | 190 | 0.29% | −11.57% | ||
Turnout | 65,838 | 75.80% | 30.11% | ||
Registered electors | 90,029 | ||||
INC gain from Independent | Swing | -4.79% |
1957
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. P. Sarathy | 18,520 | 45.40% | New | |
CPI | Sundara Gounder | 13,683 | 33.55% | +22.87 | |
INC | V. M. Ramasamy Mudaliar | 8,586 | 21.05% | +4.29 | |
Margin of victory | 4,837 | 11.86% | 11.34% | ||
Turnout | 40,789 | 45.68% | −45.54% | ||
Registered electors | 89,284 | ||||
Independent gain from INC | Swing | 28.65% |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | A. K. Masilamani Chetty | 23,422 | 16.76% | New | |
Commonweal Party | R. Radhakrishnan | 22,701 | 16.24% | New | |
INC | H. M. Jagnanathan | 21,406 | 15.32% | New | |
CPI | K. R. Sundaram | 14,924 | 10.68% | New | |
Independent | T. Abdul Wahib | 11,232 | 8.04% | New | |
RPI | A. Daivasingamani | 10,704 | 7.66% | New | |
KMPP | A. Kuppuswami Mudali | 10,446 | 7.47% | New | |
Independent | M. Moorthy | 6,915 | 4.95% | New | |
Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha | D. Srinivasa Mudali | 6,342 | 4.54% | New | |
Independent | M. Adimoolam | 5,898 | 4.22% | New | |
KMPP | K. V. Govindaswami | 5,769 | 4.13% | New | |
Margin of victory | 721 | 0.52% | |||
Turnout | 139,759 | 91.23% | |||
Registered electors | 153,200 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |
References
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