Vellore (state assembly constituency)

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Coordinates: 12°55′13″N 79°08′00″E / 12.920219°N 79.133306°E / 12.920219; 79.133306

Vellore
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constitution-Vellore.svg
Constituency details
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVellore
LS constituencyVellore
Total electors2,53,049[1]
Most successful partydmk (7 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAKarthikeyan. P
PartyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year2021

Vellore is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] It includes the city of Vellore and forms a part of the Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of 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 and Indian National Congress
1957 M. P. Sarathy Independent
1962 Indian National Congress
1967 M. P. Sarathi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year Winner Party
1971 M. P. Sarathy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 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 [5] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Karthikeyan .P 84,299 46.86
AIADMK Appu S. R. K. 75,118 41.76
NTK Poonkundran .N 8,530 4.74
MNM Vikram Chakravarthy .G 7,243 4.03
None of the Above Nota 1,441 0.8
Margin of victory 9,181
Turnout 1,79,899
DMK hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  3. ^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".
  4. ^ "Verify your vote through VVPAT". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 43. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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