Vedaranyam | |
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Constituency No. 165 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Nagapattinam |
LS constituency | Nagapattinam |
Established | 1962 |
Total electors | 1,92,658 [1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | AIADMK |
Elected year | 2021 |
Vedaranyam is a legislative assembly constituency in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [2] This constituency comprises Vedharanyam and Thalaignayiru Panchayat union. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
The most successful party is DMK, having won six times.
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1962 | N. S. Ramalingam | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | Karuppampulam P. Venkatachala Thevar | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | O. S. Manian | 78,719 | 50.02% | +8.58 | |
DMK | S. K. Vedarathinam | 66,390 | 42.18% | New | |
NTK | K. Rajendran | 9,106 | 5.79% | +4.84 | |
AMMK | P. S. Arumugam | 1,284 | 0.82% | New | |
Margin of victory | 12,329 | 7.83% | -7.83% | ||
Turnout | 157,387 | 81.69% | 0.27% | ||
Rejected ballots | 185 | 0.12% | |||
Registered electors | 192,658 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 8.58% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | O. S. Manian | 60,836 | 41.44% | +0.28 | |
INC | P. V. Rajendiran | 37,838 | 25.77% | New | |
BJP | S. K. Vedarathinam | 37,086 | 25.26% | +24.3 | |
DMDK | T. Vairavanathan | 4,594 | 3.13% | New | |
PMK | Usha Kannan | 2,081 | 1.42% | -16.12 | |
NTK | K. Rajendran | 1,386 | 0.94% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 1,206 | 0.82% | New | |
Margin of victory | 22,998 | 15.67% | 7.31% | ||
Turnout | 146,803 | 81.42% | -2.87% | ||
Registered electors | 180,294 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 0.28% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | N. V. Kamaraj | 53,799 | 41.16% | -3.86 | |
Independent | S. K. Vedarathinam | 42,871 | 32.80% | New | |
PMK | R. Chinnathurai | 22,925 | 17.54% | New | |
Independent | K. Jegan | 2,270 | 1.74% | New | |
JMM | G. Shanmugavel | 2,041 | 1.56% | New | |
Independent | M. Rani | 1,991 | 1.52% | New | |
Independent | D. Ramsingh | 1,826 | 1.40% | New | |
BJP | S. Karthikeyan | 1,260 | 0.96% | +0.01 | |
Independent | T. V. R. Veeramani | 838 | 0.64% | New | |
Margin of victory | 10,928 | 8.36% | 3.45% | ||
Turnout | 130,708 | 84.29% | 0.93% | ||
Registered electors | 155,065 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -8.77% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | S. K. Vedarathinam | 66,401 | 49.93% | -3.78 | |
AIADMK | O. S. Manian | 59,870 | 45.02% | New | |
DMDK | B. Veera Vinayagam | 1,708 | 1.28% | New | |
BJP | M. Udayakumar | 1,267 | 0.95% | New | |
SP | G. Mahendran | 1,049 | 0.79% | New | |
Independent | G. Vedarathinam | 817 | 0.61% | New | |
Margin of victory | 6,531 | 4.91% | -7.76% | ||
Turnout | 132,984 | 83.37% | 9.19% | ||
Registered electors | 159,520 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -3.78% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | S. K. Vedarathinam | 63,568 | 53.71% | +6.79 | |
CPI | R. Mutharasan | 48,568 | 41.04% | New | |
MDMK | N. Ilangovan | 3,678 | 3.11% | -22.22 | |
Independent | R. Ramamurthy | 2,539 | 2.15% | New | |
Margin of victory | 15,000 | 12.67% | -7.06% | ||
Turnout | 118,353 | 74.18% | -4.34% | ||
Registered electors | 159,591 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 6.79% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | S. K. Vedarathinam | 54,185 | 46.92% | +12.54 | |
INC | P. C. V. Balasubramaniam | 31,393 | 27.19% | -22.04 | |
MDMK | M. Meenakshi Sundaram | 29,252 | 25.33% | New | |
Margin of victory | 22,792 | 19.74% | 4.90% | ||
Turnout | 115,473 | 78.52% | -3.98% | ||
Registered electors | 154,906 | ||||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | -2.30% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | P. V. Rajendran | 55,957 | 49.22% | +7.41 | |
DMK | M. Meenakshi Sundaram | 39,089 | 34.39% | -2.24 | |
PMK | M. Marimuthu Gounder | 17,327 | 15.24% | New | |
BJP | K. Subramaniam | 889 | 0.78% | New | |
Margin of victory | 16,868 | 14.84% | 9.64% | ||
Turnout | 113,679 | 82.49% | 2.83% | ||
Registered electors | 141,246 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | 7.41% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | P. V. Rajendran | 42,060 | 41.82% | -7.13 | |
DMK | M. Meenakshi Sundaram | 36,836 | 36.62% | -13.61 | |
AIADMK | O. S. Manian | 18,226 | 18.12% | New | |
AIADMK | S. Kanagasunderam | 2,460 | 2.45% | New | |
Independent | P. Jayaraman | 558 | 0.55% | New | |
Margin of victory | 5,224 | 5.19% | 3.91% | ||
Turnout | 100,585 | 79.67% | -8.64% | ||
Registered electors | 127,781 | ||||
INC gain from DMK | Swing | -8.41% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | M. Meenakshi Sundaram | 49,922 | 50.23% | +12.24 | |
INC | P. V. Rajendran | 48,646 | 48.94% | New | |
Independent | K. Veerasamy | 822 | 0.83% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,276 | 1.28% | -21.58% | ||
Turnout | 99,390 | 88.31% | 7.51% | ||
Registered electors | 116,682 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -10.63% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | M. S. Manickam | 52,311 | 60.86% | +35.11 | |
DMK | M. Meenakshi Sundaram | 32,656 | 37.99% | +2.59 | |
JP | K. V. M. Subramania Gounder | 988 | 1.15% | New | |
Margin of victory | 19,655 | 22.87% | 20.96% | ||
Turnout | 85,955 | 80.79% | -2.09% | ||
Registered electors | 107,177 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 25.46% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | M. Meenakshi Sundaram | 29,601 | 35.40% | -28.46 | |
INC | S. Devarajan | 28,009 | 33.50% | +6.79 | |
AIADMK | M. S. Manickam | 21,530 | 25.75% | New | |
JP | K. Gokilachandran | 3,965 | 4.74% | New | |
Independent | G. Venkatachalam | 508 | 0.61% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,592 | 1.90% | -35.25% | ||
Turnout | 83,613 | 82.89% | 0.71% | ||
Registered electors | 101,857 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -28.46% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | M. Meenakshi Sundaram | 41,787 | 63.86% | +25.54 | |
INC | P. C. Velayuthan | 17,478 | 26.71% | -12 | |
CPI(M) | G. Raming | 6,171 | 9.43% | New | |
Margin of victory | 24,309 | 37.15% | 36.76% | ||
Turnout | 65,436 | 82.18% | -4.60% | ||
Registered electors | 87,223 | ||||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | 25.15% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | P. V. Thevar | 25,942 | 38.71% | -1.38 | |
DMK | M. Meenakshisundaram | 25,678 | 38.32% | +12.14 | |
Independent | M. V. Gowndar | 9,812 | 14.64% | New | |
CPI | S. S. Pillai | 5,584 | 8.33% | -7.72 | |
Margin of victory | 264 | 0.39% | -13.51% | ||
Turnout | 67,016 | 86.77% | 5.97% | ||
Registered electors | 81,342 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | -1.38% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | N. S. Ramalingam | 27,200 | 40.09% | New | |
DMK | N. Dharmalingam | 17,764 | 26.18% | New | |
CPI | R. Sellathurathevar | 10,893 | 16.05% | New | |
Independent | K. V. Veerappapillai | 6,750 | 9.95% | New | |
Independent | M. Vaithianathan | 2,770 | 4.08% | New | |
SWA | N. Samithuraithevar | 2,475 | 3.65% | New | |
Margin of victory | 9,436 | 13.91% | |||
Turnout | 67,852 | 80.80% | |||
Registered electors | 87,047 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |
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