Vellore Assembly constituency

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 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
Constituency No. 43 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Lok Sabha constituency	Vellore
Established	1951
Total electors	2,53,049[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Karthikeyan
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] The most successful party is DMK, which has been elected seven times.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
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. Sarathy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	M. P. Sarathy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	A. K. Ranganathan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V. M. Devaraj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. M. Devaraj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	V. M. Devaraj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	C. Gnanasekaran		Indian National Congress
1996	C. Gnanasekaran		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	C. Gnanasekaran		Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	C. Gnanasekaran		Indian National Congress
2011	Dr. V. S. Vijay		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. Karthikeyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.24%
2016			51.53%
2011			50.82%
2006			47.25%
2001			52.46%
1996			70.86%
1991			58.30%
1989			47.37%
1984			54.01%
1980			49.68%
1977			30.47%
1971			52.85%
1967			58.96%
1962			40.61%
1957			45.40%
1952			16.76%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[5]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[11]

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

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[12]

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

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[13]

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

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[14]

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

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[15]

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

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[16]

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

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[17]

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

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[18]

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

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[19]

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

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vellore^[20]

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)