V. S. Kalimuthu

V. S. Kalimuthu is an Indian politician and a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.^[1]

V. S. Kalimuthu
Member-Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 2016–2021
Preceded by	K. Ponnusamy
Succeeded by	N. Kayalvizhi
Constituency	Dharapuram
Personal details
Born	(1961-03-20)20 March 1961 Dharapuram
Nationality	India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Agriculture

Early life

He was born in Dharapuram town in the Tiruppur district. Kalimuthu, completed his 10th standard in the year 1977.^[2] He is a member of the Indian National Congress party. He contested and won the election for the Dharapuram assembly constituency in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election,^[3] becoming a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).^[4]

Electoral Performance

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Dharapuram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. S. Kalimuthu	83,538	45.67%
	AIADMK	K. Ponnusamy	73,521	40.19%	−11.49%
	BJP	M. Shanmugham	7,753	4.24%	2.17%
	MDMK	Nagai Thiruvalluvan	7,029	3.84%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,883	1.58%
	KMDK	K. Palaniammal	1,662	0.91%
	PMK	K. Madhavan	1,515	0.83%
	NTK	R. Pichaimuthu	1,350	0.74%
	Independent	M. Vanitha	849	0.46%
	Independent	V. Palanisamy	835	0.46%
	BSP	V. Selvaraj	681	0.37%	−0.48%
Margin of victory			10,017	5.48%	−3.78%
Turnout			182,911	76.83%	−2.26%
Registered electors			238,070
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.01%