S. K. Vedarathinam

S. K. Vedarathinam (தமிழ் : எஸ். கே. வேதரத்தினம்) is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Vedaranyam constituency in 1996, 2001, 2006 elections. He won 3 consecutive elections in Vedaranyam constituency. Later he joined BJP and is a former nation executive member of 2011 election.^[1][2][3] He is one among the 11 State secretaries of BJP, Tamilnadu during his involvement with BJP. He again joined DMK on 22.07.2020 with his followers. He was National General Council member of BJP at the time he rejoined DMK in 2020.

S. K. Vedarathinam
Born	(1958-03-18) 18 March 1958 (age 67) Thethakudi South, Vedaranyam
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Politician, Farmer
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Isaiyarasi
Children	2
Parent	Kailasha Gounder-Sarathambal

Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vedaranyam^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. S. Manian	78,719	50.02%	+8.58
	DMK	S. K. Vedarathinam	66,390	42.18%	New
	NTK	K. Rajendran	9,106	5.79%	+4.84
	AMMK	P. S. Arumugam	1,284	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			12,329	7.83%	−7.83%
Turnout			157,387	81.69%	0.27%
Rejected ballots			185	0.12%
Registered electors			192,658
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.58%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vedaranyam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. S. Manian	60,836	41.44%	+0.28
	INC	P. V. Rajendiran	37,838	25.77%	New
	BJP	S. K. Vedarathinam	37,086	25.26%	+24.3
	DMDK	T. Vairavanathan	4,594	3.13%	New
	PMK	Usha Kannan	2,081	1.42%	−16.12
	NTK	K. Rajendran	1,386	0.94%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,206	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			22,998	15.67%	7.31%
Turnout			146,803	81.42%	−2.87%
Registered electors			180,294
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.28%

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vedaranyam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. V. Kamaraj	53,799	41.16%	−3.86
	Independent	S. K. Vedarathinam	42,871	32.80%	New
	PMK	R. Chinnathurai	22,925	17.54%	New
	Independent	K. Jegan	2,270	1.74%	New
	JMM	G. Shanmugavel	2,041	1.56%	New
	Independent	M. Rani	1,991	1.52%	New
	Independent	D. Ramsingh	1,826	1.40%	New
	BJP	S. Karthikeyan	1,260	0.96%	+0.01
	Independent	T. V. R. Veeramani	838	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			10,928	8.36%	3.45%
Turnout			130,708	84.29%	0.93%
Registered electors			155,065
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-8.77%

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vedaranyam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. K. Vedarathinam	66,401	49.93%	−3.78
	AIADMK	O. S. Manian	59,870	45.02%	New
	DMDK	B. Veera Vinayagam	1,708	1.28%	New
	BJP	M. Udayakumar	1,267	0.95%	New
	SP	G. Mahendran	1,049	0.79%	New
	Independent	G. Vedarathinam	817	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			6,531	4.91%	−7.76%
Turnout			132,984	83.37%	9.19%
Registered electors			159,520
	DMK hold		Swing	-3.78%

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vedaranyam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. K. Vedarathinam	63,568	53.71%	+6.79
	CPI	R. Mutharasan	48,568	41.04%	New
	MDMK	N. Ilangovan	3,678	3.11%	−22.22
	Independent	R. Ramamurthy	2,539	2.15%	New
Margin of victory			15,000	12.67%	−7.06%
Turnout			118,353	74.18%	−4.34%
Registered electors			159,591
	DMK hold		Swing	6.79%

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vedaranyam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. K. Vedarathinam	54,185	46.92%	+12.54
	INC	P. C. V. Balasubramaniam	31,393	27.19%	−22.04
	MDMK	M. Meenakshi Sundaram	29,252	25.33%	New
Margin of victory			22,792	19.74%	4.90%
Turnout			115,473	78.52%	−3.98%
Registered electors			154,906
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-2.30%