Vellore Lok Sabha constituency

12.920219°N 79.133306°E / 12.920219; 79.133306

Vellore
Lok Sabha constituency
Vellore constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Vellore Anaikattu Kilvaithinankuppam Gudiyattam Vaniyambadi Ambur
Established	1951-present
Total electors	14,30,991[1]
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent D. M. Kathir Anand
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2024 Election

Vellore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the present state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 8.

The 2019 lok sabha election was scheduled to be held on 18 April in this constituency but the President of India rescinded polling on 16 April after Election Commission of India sent a report stating recovery of huge amount of unaccounted cash allegedly from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate's office.^[2][3][4]

Constituency Summery

Election	Electors		Voters		Polling Percentage	Change
	Total	Changes [5]	Total	Change[5]
2009	1010067	-210387	724150	-23748	71.69%	10.41%
2014	1312259	302192	975203	251053	74.31%	2.62%
2019	1946870	634611	1408189	432986	72.33%	-1.98%

Assembly segments

After delimitation and from 2009 Indian general election the constituency is composed of following legislative assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
43	Vellore	None	Vellore		DMK
44	Anaikattu	None			DMK
45	Kilvaithinankuppam	SC			AIADMK
46	Gudiyattam	SC			DMK
47	Vaniyambadi	None	Tirupathur		AIADMK
48	Ambur	None			DMK

Vellore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following legislative assembly (Vidhan Sabha) segments since 1951–52 Indian general election until delimitation in 2008:^[6]

1. Vellore
2. Katpadi (moved to Arakkonam)
3. Gudiyatham
4. Pernambut (SC) (defunct)
5. Anaicut
6. Arni (moved to Arani)

Members of Parliament[7]

Year	Winner	Party
1951	M. Muthukrishnan		Indian National Congress
	Ramachander		Commonweal Party
1957	N. R. Muniswamy		Indian National Congress
	M. Muthukrishnan
1962	T Abdul Wahid
1967	Kuchelar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	R. P. Ulaganambi
1977	V. Dhandayuthapani		Indian National Congress (O)
1980	A. K. A. Abdul Samad		Independent
1984	A. C. Shanmugam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. K. A. Abdul Samad		Indian National Congress
1991	B. Akber Pasha
1996	P. Shanmugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	N. T. Shanmugam		Pattali Makkal Katchi
1999
2004	K. M. Kader Mohideen		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009	Abdul Rahman
2014	B. Senguttuvan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	D. M. Kathir Anand		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			50.35%
2019			47.35%
2014			39.65%
2009			49.84%
2004			58.46%
1999			47.08%
1998			49.12%
1996			57.52%
1991			61.70%
1989			54.20%
1984			52.93%
1980			55.11%
1977			49.22%
1971			57.13%
1967			55.83%
1962			41.03%
1957			19.24%
1951			20.89%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kathir Anand	568,692	50.35%	3.14
	BJP	A. C. Shanmugam	352,990	31.25%
	AIADMK	S. Pasupati	117,682	10.42%	36.00
	NTK	Mahesh Anand	53,284	4.72%	2.09
	NOTA	None of the above	8,736	0.77%	0.15
Margin of victory			215,702	19.08%	18.29
Turnout			1,129,458	73.53%	2.07
Registered electors
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kathir Anand	485,340	47.21%
	AIADMK	A. C. Shanmugam	4,77,199	46.42%	7.07%
	NTK	Deepalakshmi	26,995	2.63%
	NOTA	Nota	9,417	0.92%	0.19%
Margin of victory			8,141	0.79%	−5.30%
Turnout			10,28,100	71.46%	−2.85%
Registered electors			14,38,643
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.86%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Senguttuvan	383,719	39.35%	4.36%
	BJP	A. C. Shanmugam	3,24,326	33.26%	31.71%
	IUML	Abdul Rahman	2,05,896	21.11%
	INC	J. Vijay Elanchezian	21,650	2.22%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	7,100	0.73%
	Independent	C. Gopu	6,056	0.62%
Margin of victory			59,393	6.09%	−8.76%
Turnout			9,75,203	74.31%	2.71%
Registered electors			13,12,259
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-10.49%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Abdul Rahman	360,474	49.84%	−8.62%
	AIADMK	L. K. M. B. Vasu	2,53,081	34.99%	0.45%
	DMDK	Shoukath Sherif	62,696	8.67%
	BJP	A. K. Rajendiran	11,184	1.55%
	Independent	C. Chandran	6,046	0.84%
	Independent	D. Kubendiran	5,143	0.71%
	Independent	C. Gopalakrishnan	4,822	0.67%
Margin of victory			1,07,393	14.85%	−9.06%
Turnout			10,10,067	71.61%	10.41%
Registered electors			7,23,262
	DMK hold		Swing	-8.62%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. M. Kader Mohideen	436,642	58.46%
	AIADMK	A. Santhanam	2,58,032	34.55%	−8.81%
	JP	A. M. S. Paramasivam	11,309	1.51%
	BSP	E. Karunanithi	7,524	1.01%
	Independent	K. Venkatesan	5,590	0.75%
	Independent	V. Balachandran	4,757	0.64%
	Independent	M. K. Shariff	4,563	0.61%
	RPI(A)	S. Arun Kumar	4,147	0.56%
Margin of victory			1,78,610	23.91%	20.19%
Turnout			7,46,914	61.20%	0.23%
Rejected ballots			513	0.07%
Registered electors			12,20,454
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	11.38%

Note:Pattali Makkal Katchi did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition partner Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. DMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	N. T. Shanmugam	324,547	47.08%
	AIADMK	Mohamed Asif	2,98,862	43.35%
	TMC(M)	C. K. Thamizharasan	44,551	6.46%
	Independent	M. Thanikesan	15,158	2.20%
	Independent	M. Kuppusamy	4,471	0.65%
Margin of victory			25,685	3.73%	−0.19%
Turnout			6,89,375	60.97%	−2.01%
Registered electors			11,52,421
	PMK hold		Swing	-2.04%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	N. T. Shanmugam	331,035	49.12%
	DMK	T. A. Mohammed Saqhy	3,04,630	45.20%	15.57%
	INC	B. Akber Pasha	18,885	2.80%	−58.90%
	Independent	M. Padmanabhan	17,837	2.65%
Margin of victory			26,405	3.92%	−28.15%
Turnout			6,73,929	62.98%	−1.09%
Registered electors			11,01,216
	PMK gain from INC		Swing	-12.58%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Akber Pasha	383,177	61.70%	7.50%
	DMK	P. Shanmugam	1,84,008	29.63%	−0.12%
	IUML	Mohammed Ishaq	31,387	5.05%
	JP	A. K. Sundararajan	6,354	1.02%
	Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam	M. Dhanashekaran	3,321	0.53%
	Independent	J. P. Ganeshan	2,901	0.47%
Margin of victory			1,99,169	32.07%	7.63%
Turnout			6,21,045	64.07%	−2.13%
Registered electors			10,07,812
	INC hold		Swing	7.50%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. K. A. Abdul Samad	356,637	54.20%
	DMK	M. Abdul Lathief	1,95,787	29.75%	−9.27%
	PMK	R. Mohan	85,312	12.96%
	Independent	J. Veradan	8,184	1.24%
Margin of victory			1,60,850	24.44%	10.54%
Turnout			6,58,061	66.20%	−8.77%
Registered electors			10,11,139
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.27%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. C. Shanmugam	284,416	52.93%
	DMK	A. M. Ramalingam	2,09,693	39.02%
	Independent	D. Gangappa	37,312	6.94%
Margin of victory			74,723	13.91%	−4.95%
Turnout			5,37,377	74.97%	14.15%
Registered electors			7,48,776
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	-2.19%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. K. A. Abdul Samad	232,567	55.11%
	JP	V. Dhandayuthapani	1,53,021	36.26%
	JP(S)	M. J. Tamilmani	16,007	3.79%
	Independent	Chicha @ A. Loganatha Naidu	8,939	2.12%
	Independent	V. S. Chandirakumar	5,339	1.27%
	Independent	I. S. Seshan	4,120	0.98%
	Independent	P. S. Ganesan	1,983	0.47%
Margin of victory			79,546	18.85%	18.15%
Turnout			4,21,976	60.82%	−8.84%
Registered electors			7,07,512
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	5.90%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(O)	V. Dhandayuthapani	220,994	49.22%	14.09%
	Independent	A. K. A. Abdul Samad	2,17,833	48.51%
	Independent	S. I. Seshan	6,464	1.44%
	Independent	V. K. Damodaram	3,713	0.83%
Margin of victory			3,161	0.70%	−21.30%
Turnout			4,49,004	69.66%	−1.91%
Registered electors			6,59,939
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-7.91%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. P. Ulaganambi	221,512	57.13%	1.30%
	INC(O)	T. Manavalan	1,36,191	35.12%	−1.61%
	Independent	Gopal	30,039	7.75%
Margin of victory			85,321	22.00%	2.91%
Turnout			3,87,742	71.57%	−3.66%
Registered electors			5,59,646
	DMK hold		Swing	1.30%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kuchelar	203,887	55.83%
	INC	A. Jayaraman	1,34,155	36.74%	−4.29%
	RPI(A)	M. Krishnasamy	27,143	7.43%
Margin of victory			69,732	19.09%	10.53%
Turnout			3,65,185	75.23%	8.17%
Registered electors			5,04,140
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	14.80%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T Abdul Wahid	114,872	41.03%	21.79%
	RPI	N. Sivaraj	90,906	32.47%
	CPI	Rajarathinam	47,186	16.85%
	Independent	T. R. Purushotama Reddiar	6,632	2.37%
	Independent	Vilwanatha Mudaliar	5,721	2.04%
	PSP	Ganesa Mudaliar	5,110	1.83%
	Independent	G. M. Annalthango	4,871	1.74%
	Independent	Mohamed Pasha	3,506	1.25%
Margin of victory			23,966	8.56%	6.13%
Turnout			2,79,968	67.06%	−26.55%
Registered electors			4,34,404
	INC hold		Swing	21.79%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. R. Munisamy	144,377	19.24%	−1.65%
	INC	M. Muthukrishnan	126,132	16.81%	−4.08%
	Independent	G. M. Annalthango	1,17,680	15.68%
	Independent	J. P. Ganesha Mudaliar	1,02,619	13.68%
	Independent	M. Krishnasami	89,311	11.90%
	Independent	Sambanda Mudaliar	74,501	9.93%
	Independent	A. Jayaraman	57,425	7.65%
	Independent	V. R. Venkatesan	22,970	3.06%
	Independent	R. T. S. Moorthy	15,350	2.05%
Margin of victory			18,245	2.43%	−0.76%
Turnout			7,50,365	93.61%	2.35%
Registered electors			8,01,572
	INC hold		Swing	-1.65%

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Vellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Muthukrishnan	139,448	20.89%	20.89%
	Commonweal Party	Ramachander	118,154	17.70%
	INC	N. S. Vardachari	1,17,474	17.60%	17.60%
	Independent	Muhammed Anwar	1,17,234	17.56%
	RPI	Krishnaswami	96,045	14.39%
	KMPP	Murthy	50,085	7.50%
	KMPP	Ambi Iyer	29,201	4.37%
Margin of victory			21,294	3.19%
Turnout			6,67,641	91.27%
Registered electors			7,31,534
	INC win (new seat)