P. Karthikeyan

P. Karthikeyan is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Vellore as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2021.^[1][2]

P. Karthikeyan
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2016
Preceded by	Dr.V.S.Vijay
Constituency	Vellore
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Electoral performance

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

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[3]

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 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[4]

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%