Vellore | |
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Constituency No. 43 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Vellore |
LS constituency | Vellore |
Total electors | 2,53,049 [1] |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | DMK |
Elected year | 2021 |
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)
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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) |