Vellakoil Assembly constituency

Vellakoil
Vellakoil
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,55,431
Reservation	None

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
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

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

External links

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[delimitation2008-2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[3] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[4] Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

[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.

[8] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[9] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[10] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[11] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[12] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[13] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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