T.Velmurugan | |
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தி.வேல்முருகன் | |
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 15 May 2021 | |
Constituency | Panruti |
In office 2001–2005 | |
Constituency | Panruti |
In office 2006–2010 | |
Constituency | Panruti |
Personal details | |
Born | Puliyur,Tamil Nadu,India | 11 April 1970
Political party | Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (2012 - Present) |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | https://tvkparty.in/ |
T. Velmurugan is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate from Panruti constituency in the 2001 and 2006 elections. He is considered to be a Tamil nationalist. He is the founder of Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) party. [1]
Velmurugan was born in 1970 in Puliyur Kattusagai village,Kurinchipadi circle,Cuddalore district as the fifth child of Thirunavukkarasu,Tanakkodi,in a farming family.
At age 15,he was inspired by the Tamil Nadu Liberation Force and attended their meetings and events. In 1987,the government attacked the Tamil Nadu Liberation Force,and Velmurugan and his family fled to Chennai.
He entered politics as the Tiruvottiyur city secretary of the PMK.
He was fielded as the candidate of Thiruvettiyur in the assembly elections held on 24 June 1996 and became the State Youth Secretary.
After Panruti Ramachandran left the party,Velmurugan won the post of Unified Cuddalore District Secretary. He then became the candidate in Panruti Assembly elections in 2001,which he won,and was re-elected in 2006.
Velmurugan founded Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi,a Tamil Nadu political party. [2] The Gangaikondan police registered a case against Velmurugan and 32 other TVK cadres after agitation organized by them against the upcoming unit of Pepsi at the SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre in Gangaikondan on 27 October 2015. [3]
Election | Party | Constituency | Result | Votes gained | % |
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1996 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election | PMK | Thiruvottiyur | Lost | 4,559 | 2.52% |
2001 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election | PMK | Panruti | Won | 45,963 | 37.67% |
2006 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election | PMK | Panruti | Won | 54,653 | 38.18 |
2011 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election | PMK | Neyveli | Lost | 61,431 | 44.72% |
2016 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election | Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi | Neyveli | Lost | 30,523 | 19.17% |
2021 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election | DMK | Panruti | Won | 93,801 | 47.6% |
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