Vellakoil Assembly constituency

Vellakoil
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictErode
Established1967
Abolished2011
Total electors1,55,431
ReservationNone

Vellakoil was one of the 234 constituencies in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu a southern state of India. It was in Erode district.[1][2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Winner Party
Madras State
1967 K. N. Saminatha Gounder or kuttappalayam swaminathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
1971 M. Palanisamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 D. Ramasamy Indian National Congress
1980 D. Ramasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 Durai Ramasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 Durai Ramasamy Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha)
1991 Durai Ramasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 M. P. Saminathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 M. P. Saminathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 M. P. Saminathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2006
 
 51.79%
2001
 
 32.99%
1996
 
 49.37%
1991
 
 62.85%
1989
 
 37.52%
1984
 
 55.82%
1980
 
 62.63%
1977
 
 37.69%
1971
 
 68.10%
1967
 
 62.44%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. P. Saminathan 60,909 51.79% 18.80%
MDMK Ganeshamurthi. A 43,821 37.26% 33.71%
DMDK Jaganathan. P 6,400 5.44%
Independent Vengatesh. S. 1,302 1.11%
BJP Suriyamoorthi. S 1,021 0.87%
Independent Selvaraj. Pon. 906 0.77%
Independent Chellamuthu. P. 853 0.73%
Independent Annamalai. V. 498 0.42%
JD(U) Selvi. L 478 0.41%
Independent Arumugam. K. 246 0.21%
Independent Sugumaran. N. 235 0.20%
Margin of victory 17,088 14.53% 13.88%
Turnout 1,17,618 75.67% 8.88%
Registered electors 1,55,431
DMK hold Swing 18.80%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. P. Saminathan 37,571 32.99% −16.38%
AIADMK Periasamy. V. P. 36,831 32.34% −11.09%
Independent Durai Ramaswamy 32,056 28.14%
MDMK Shanmugam . V. N. 4,045 3.55% −2.94%
Independent Palanisamy 1,611 1.41%
Independent Sudharsan 1,090 0.96%
Independent Suburathinam. N 696 0.61%
Margin of victory 740 0.65% −5.29%
Turnout 1,13,900 66.80% −6.81%
Registered electors 1,70,584
DMK hold Swing -16.38%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. P. Saminathan 57,467 49.37% 13.77%
AIADMK Dhurai Ramaswamy 50,553 43.43% −19.42%
MDMK Shanmugam. V. N. 7,561 6.50%
Independent Nallamuthu. K. 238 0.20%
Independent Chellamuthu. M. S. 133 0.11%
Independent Manickam. C. 131 0.11%
Independent Madhiyalagan. S. K. 122 0.10%
Independent Selvaraj. V. 113 0.10%
Independent Thangavel. V. 53 0.05%
Independent Elavarasan. A. R. 36 0.03%
Margin of victory 6,914 5.94% −21.32%
Turnout 1,16,407 73.61% 2.90%
Registered electors 1,63,720
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.48%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Dhurai Ramaswammy 68,225 62.85% 25.32%
DMK Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan 38,638 35.59% 2.89%
PMK Sundarraj K. 822 0.76%
THMM Selvanayagam M. 531 0.49%
Independent Sivakumar P. 155 0.14%
Independent Krishnakumar S. 97 0.09%
Independent Vijayakumar C. 88 0.08%
Margin of victory 29,587 27.26% 22.44%
Turnout 1,08,556 70.71% −7.65%
Registered electors 1,57,927
AIADMK hold Swing 25.32%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Durai Ramasamy 41,914 37.52% −18.30%
DMK Ramasamy. V.V. 36,534 32.71% −11.47%
INC Karvendan. S.K. 21,447 19.20%
AIADMK Appan M. Palanisamy 9,388 8.40% −47.42%
Independent Palanisamy. M.S. 761 0.68%
Independent Kumarasamy 357 0.32%
Independent Nallamuthu. K. 275 0.25%
Independent Kannappan. R. 249 0.22%
Independent Sukumauran. N. 222 0.20%
Independent Ponnusamy. S. 155 0.14%
Independent Themanaicker 136 0.12%
Margin of victory 5,380 4.82% −6.83%
Turnout 1,11,700 78.36% 0.13%
Registered electors 1,44,979
AIADMK hold Swing -18.30%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Durai Ramasamy 54,188 55.82% −6.80%
DMK Appan Palanisamy 42,881 44.18%
Margin of victory 11,307 11.65% −10.46%
Turnout 97,069 78.23% 4.90%
Registered electors 1,29,410
AIADMK hold Swing -6.80%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Ramasami. D. 56,975 62.63% 38.54%
INC M. Andi Ambalam 36,859 40.52% 2.83%
INC Nallasenapathy Sakkarai Mandradiar. N. 32,024 35.20% −2.48%
Independent Nallamuthu. N. 1,233 1.36%
Independent Lingasamy Gounder. K. N. 740 0.81%
Margin of victory 20,116 22.11% 9.56%
Turnout 90,972 73.33% 7.30%
Registered electors 1,26,161
AIADMK gain from INC Swing 24.94%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC D. Ramaswamy 30,996 37.69%
DMK M. Palanisamy 20,676 25.14% −42.96%
AIADMK V.K. Kalaimani 19,816 24.09%
JP S. Ramaswamy Nambiyar 8,306 10.10%
Independent K.A. Nallamuthu 1,365 1.66%
Independent K.N. Linkasamy Gounder 1,089 1.32%
Margin of victory 10,320 12.55% −29.28%
Turnout 82,248 66.02% −1.52%
Registered electors 1,26,181
INC gain from DMK Swing -30.41%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. Pilanisamy 42,067 68.10% 5.66%
Independent S. M. Ramaswamy Gounder 16,231 26.28%
Independent K. Kuppusamy Gounder 2,780 4.50%
Independent K. N. Lingasamy Gounder 694 1.12%
Margin of victory 25,836 41.82% 15.46%
Turnout 61,772 67.54% −12.11%
Registered electors 99,783
DMK hold Swing 5.66%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vellakoil[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. N. S. Gounder 46,009 62.44%
INC D. P. Gounder 26,578 36.07%
Independent L. Gounder 1,101 1.49%
Margin of victory 19,431 26.37%
Turnout 73,688 79.65%
Registered electors 96,405
DMK win (new seat)

References

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  6. ^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  7. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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