# Vellakoil Assembly constituency

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.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 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 | 2006 | 51.79% | 51.79% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 32.99% | 32.99% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 49.37% | 49.37% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 62.85% | 62.85% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 37.52% | 37.52% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 55.82% | 55.82% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 62.63% | 62.63% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 37.69% | 37.69% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 68.10% | 68.10% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 62.44% | 62.44% |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 17,088 | 14.53% | 13.88% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,17,618 | 75.67% | 8.88% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,55,431 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 18.80% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | 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 Ramasamy | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 740 | 0.65% | −5.29% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,13,900 | 66.80% | −6.81% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,70,584 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -16.38% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. P. Saminathan | 57,467 | 49.37% | 13.77% |
| | AIADMK | Durai 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,914 | 5.94% | −21.32% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,407 | 73.61% | 2.90% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,63,720 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -13.48% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Durai Ramasamy | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,587 | 27.26% | 22.44% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,08,556 | 70.71% | −7.65% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,57,927 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 25.32% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,380 | 4.82% | −6.83% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,11,700 | 78.36% | 0.13% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,44,979 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -18.30% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Durai Ramasamy | 54,188 | 55.82% | −6.80% |
| | DMK | Appan Palanisamy | 42,881 | 44.18% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,307 | 11.65% | −10.46% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 97,069 | 78.23% | 4.90% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,29,410 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -6.80% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Durai Ramasami | 56,975 | 62.63% | 38.54% |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,116 | 22.11% | 9.56% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 90,972 | 73.33% | 7.30% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,26,161 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 24.94% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,320 | 12.55% | −29.28% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 82,248 | 66.02% | −1.52% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,26,181 | | |
| | INC gain from DMK | INC gain from DMK | Swing | -30.41% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Appan Mu. Palanisamy | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 25,836 | 41.82% | 15.46% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,772 | 67.54% | −12.11% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 99,783 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 5.66% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vellakoil :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Kuttapalayam Samynathan Gounder | 46,009 | 62.44% | |
| | INC | Durai Periyasamy Gounder | 26,578 | 36.07% | |
| | Independent | L. Gounder | 1,101 | 1.49% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,431 | 26.37% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,688 | 79.65% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 96,405 | | |
| | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) |