Vellore Assembly constituency

12.920219°N 79.133306°E / 12.920219; 79.133306

Vellore
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVellore
LS constituencyVellore
Total electors2,53,049[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

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 the 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 was one of the 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[3][4] Most successful party: DMK (7 times)

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. Sarathi 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[5] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 P. Karthikeyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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[6]
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[7]
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[8]
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[9]
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[10]
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[11]
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[12]
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[13]
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[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. M. Devaraj 54,453 54.01% +4.33
AIADMK A. K. Ranganathan 44,430 44.07% -0.42
Indian Congress (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[15]
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[16]
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[17]
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[18]
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[19]
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[20]
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[21]
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)

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