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Vellore Assembly constituency

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Vellore is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It includes the city of Vellore. It comes under the Vellore Lok-sabha constituency. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. Vellore will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016.[2][3]

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 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. Gnanasekharan Indian National Congress
1996 C. Gnanasekaran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
2001 C. Gnanasekaran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
2006 C. Gnanasekaran Indian National Congress
2011 Dr. V. S. Vijay Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

References

  1. ^ "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  2. ^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".
  3. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/verify-your-vote-through-vvpat/article8330062.ece