# S. K. Vedarathinam

S. K. Vedarathinam (தமிழ் : எஸ். கே. வேதரத்தினம்) is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Vedaranyam constituency in 1996, 2001, 2006 elections. He won 3 consecutive elections in Vedaranyam constituency. Later he joined BJP and is a former nation executive member of 2011 election. He is one among the 11 State secretaries of BJP, Tamilnadu during his involvement with BJP. He again joined DMK on 22.07.2020 with his followers. He was National General Council member of BJP at the time he rejoined DMK in 2020.

## Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vedaranyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,329 | 7.83% | −7.83% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,387 | 81.69% | 0.27% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 185 | 0.12% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 192,658 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 8.58% | |
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vedaranyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,998 | 15.67% | 7.31% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 146,803 | 81.42% | −2.87% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 180,294 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 0.28% | |
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vedaranyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,928 | 8.36% | 3.45% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,708 | 84.29% | 0.93% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 155,065 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -8.77% | |
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vedaranyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,531 | 4.91% | −7.76% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,984 | 83.37% | 9.19% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 159,520 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -3.78% | |
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vedaranyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,000 | 12.67% | −7.06% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,353 | 74.18% | −4.34% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 159,591 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 6.79% | |
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vedaranyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,792 | 19.74% | 4.90% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 115,473 | 78.52% | −3.98% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 154,906 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | -2.30% | |