# Vellore Lok Sabha constituency

12°55′13″N 79°08′00″E﻿ / ﻿12.920219°N 79.133306°E﻿ / 12.920219; 79.133306
Vellore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the present state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 8.
The 2019 lok sabha election was scheduled to be held on 18 April in this constituency but the President of India rescinded polling on 16 April after Election Commission of India sent a report stating recovery of huge amount of unaccounted cash allegedly from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate's office.

## Constituency Summery

| Election | Electors | Electors | Voters | Voters | Polling Percentage | Change |
| Election | Total | Changes | Total | Change | Polling Percentage | Change |
| 2009 | 1010067 | -210387 | 724150 | -23748 | 71.69% | 10.41% |
| 2014 | 1312259 | 302192 | 975203 | 251053 | 74.31% | 2.62% |
| 2019 | 1946870 | 634611 | 1408189 | 432986 | 72.33% | -1.98% |

## Assembly segments

After delimitation and from 2009 Indian general election the constituency is composed of following legislative assembly segments:
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party |
| 43 | Vellore | None | Vellore | DMK |
| 44 | Anaikattu | None | Vellore | DMK |
| 45 | Kilvaithinankuppam | SC | Vellore | AIADMK |
| 46 | Gudiyattam | SC | Vellore | DMK |
| 47 | Vaniyambadi | None | Tirupathur | AIADMK |
| 48 | Ambur | None | Tirupathur | DMK |
Vellore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following legislative assembly (Vidhan Sabha) segments since 1951–52 Indian general election until delimitation in 2008:
* Vellore
* Katpadi (moved to Arakkonam)
* Gudiyatham
* Pernambut (SC) (defunct)
* Anaicut
* Arni (moved to Arani)

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1951 | M. Muthukrishnan | Indian National Congress |
| 1951 | Ramachander | Commonweal Party |
| 1957 | N. R. Muniswamy | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | M. Muthukrishnan | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | T Abdul Wahid | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Kuchelar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1971 | R. P. Ulaganambi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | V. Dhandayuthapani | Indian National Congress (O) |
| 1980 | A. K. A. Abdul Samad | Independent |
| 1984 | A. C. Shanmugam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | A. K. A. Abdul Samad | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | B. Akber Pasha | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | P. Shanmugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1998 | N. T. Shanmugam | Pattali Makkal Katchi |
| 1999 | N. T. Shanmugam | Pattali Makkal Katchi |
| 2004 | K. M. Kader Mohideen | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2009 | Abdul Rahman | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2014 | B. Senguttuvan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2019 | D. M. Kathir Anand | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2024 | D. M. Kathir Anand | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 50.35% | 50.35% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 47.35% | 47.35% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 39.65% | 39.65% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 49.84% | 49.84% |
| 2004 | 2004 | 58.46% | 58.46% |
| 1999 | 1999 | 47.08% | 47.08% |
| 1998 | 1998 | 49.12% | 49.12% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 57.52% | 57.52% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 61.70% | 61.70% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 54.20% | 54.20% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 52.93% | 52.93% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 55.11% | 55.11% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 49.22% | 49.22% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 57.13% | 57.13% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 55.83% | 55.83% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 41.03% | 41.03% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 19.24% | 19.24% |
| 1951 | 1951 | 20.89% | 20.89% |

### General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Kathir Anand | 568,692 | 50.35% | 3.14 |
| | BJP | A. C. Shanmugam | 352,990 | 31.25% | |
| | AIADMK | S. Pasupati | 117,682 | 10.42% | 36.00 |
| | NTK | Mahesh Anand | 53,284 | 4.72% | 2.09 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 8,736 | 0.77% | 0.15 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 215,702 | 19.08% | 18.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,129,458 | 73.53% | 2.07 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | | |

### General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Kathir Anand | 485,340 | 47.21% | |
| | AIADMK | A. C. Shanmugam | 4,77,199 | 46.42% | 7.07% |
| | NTK | Deepalakshmi | 26,995 | 2.63% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 9,417 | 0.92% | 0.19% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,141 | 0.79% | −5.30% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,28,100 | 71.46% | −2.85% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,38,643 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 7.86% | |

### General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | B. Senguttuvan | 383,719 | 39.35% | 4.36% |
| | BJP | A. C. Shanmugam | 3,24,326 | 33.26% | 31.71% |
| | IUML | Abdul Rahman | 2,05,896 | 21.11% | |
| | INC | J. Vijay Elanchezian | 21,650 | 2.22% | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 7,100 | 0.73% | |
| | Independent | C. Gopu | 6,056 | 0.62% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 59,393 | 6.09% | −8.76% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,75,203 | 74.31% | 2.71% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,12,259 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -10.49% | |

### General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Abdul Rahman | 360,474 | 49.84% | −8.62% |
| | AIADMK | L. K. M. B. Vasu | 2,53,081 | 34.99% | 0.45% |
| | DMDK | Shoukath Sherif | 62,696 | 8.67% | |
| | BJP | A. K. Rajendiran | 11,184 | 1.55% | |
| | Independent | C. Chandran | 6,046 | 0.84% | |
| | Independent | D. Kubendiran | 5,143 | 0.71% | |
| | Independent | C. Gopalakrishnan | 4,822 | 0.67% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,07,393 | 14.85% | −9.06% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,10,067 | 71.61% | 10.41% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,23,262 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -8.62% | |

### General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | K. M. Kader Mohideen | 436,642 | 58.46% | |
| | AIADMK | A. Santhanam | 2,58,032 | 34.55% | −8.81% |
| | JP | A. M. S. Paramasivam | 11,309 | 1.51% | |
| | BSP | E. Karunanithi | 7,524 | 1.01% | |
| | Independent | K. Venkatesan | 5,590 | 0.75% | |
| | Independent | V. Balachandran | 4,757 | 0.64% | |
| | Independent | M. K. Shariff | 4,563 | 0.61% | |
| | RPI(A) | S. Arun Kumar | 4,147 | 0.56% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,78,610 | 23.91% | 20.19% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,46,914 | 61.20% | 0.23% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 513 | 0.07% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,20,454 | | |
| | DMK gain from PMK | DMK gain from PMK | Swing | 11.38% | |
Note:Pattali Makkal Katchi did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition partner Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. DMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

### General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PMK | N. T. Shanmugam | 324,547 | 47.08% | |
| | AIADMK | Mohamed Asif | 2,98,862 | 43.35% | |
| | TMC(M) | C. K. Thamizharasan | 44,551 | 6.46% | |
| | Independent | M. Thanikesan | 15,158 | 2.20% | |
| | Independent | M. Kuppusamy | 4,471 | 0.65% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 25,685 | 3.73% | −0.19% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,89,375 | 60.97% | −2.01% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,52,421 | | |
| | PMK hold | PMK hold | Swing | -2.04% | |

### General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PMK | N. T. Shanmugam | 331,035 | 49.12% | |
| | DMK | T. A. Mohammed Saqhy | 3,04,630 | 45.20% | 15.57% |
| | INC | B. Akber Pasha | 18,885 | 2.80% | −58.90% |
| | Independent | M. Padmanabhan | 17,837 | 2.65% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 26,405 | 3.92% | −28.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,73,929 | 62.98% | −1.09% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,01,216 | | |
| | PMK gain from INC | PMK gain from INC | Swing | -12.58% | |

### General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | B. Akber Pasha | 383,177 | 61.70% | 7.50% |
| | DMK | P. Shanmugam | 1,84,008 | 29.63% | −0.12% |
| | IUML | Mohammed Ishaq | 31,387 | 5.05% | |
| | JP | A. K. Sundararajan | 6,354 | 1.02% | |
| | Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam | M. Dhanashekaran | 3,321 | 0.53% | |
| | Independent | J. P. Ganeshan | 2,901 | 0.47% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,99,169 | 32.07% | 7.63% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,21,045 | 64.07% | −2.13% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,07,812 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 7.50% | |

### General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A. K. A. Abdul Samad | 356,637 | 54.20% | |
| | DMK | M. Abdul Lathief | 1,95,787 | 29.75% | −9.27% |
| | PMK | R. Mohan | 85,312 | 12.96% | |
| | Independent | J. Veradan | 8,184 | 1.24% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,60,850 | 24.44% | 10.54% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,58,061 | 66.20% | −8.77% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,11,139 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 1.27% | |

### General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | A. C. Shanmugam | 284,416 | 52.93% | |
| | DMK | A. M. Ramalingam | 2,09,693 | 39.02% | |
| | Independent | D. Gangappa | 37,312 | 6.94% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 74,723 | 13.91% | −4.95% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,37,377 | 74.97% | 14.15% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,48,776 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from Independent | AIADMK gain from Independent | Swing | -2.19% | |

### General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | A. K. A. Abdul Samad | 232,567 | 55.11% | |
| | JP | V. Dhandayuthapani | 1,53,021 | 36.26% | |
| | JP(S) | M. J. Tamilmani | 16,007 | 3.79% | |
| | Independent | Chicha @ A. Loganatha Naidu | 8,939 | 2.12% | |
| | Independent | V. S. Chandirakumar | 5,339 | 1.27% | |
| | Independent | I. S. Seshan | 4,120 | 0.98% | |
| | Independent | P. S. Ganesan | 1,983 | 0.47% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 79,546 | 18.85% | 18.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,21,976 | 60.82% | −8.84% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,07,512 | | |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | 5.90% | |

### General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC(O) | V. Dhandayuthapani | 220,994 | 49.22% | 14.09% |
| | Independent | A. K. A. Abdul Samad | 2,17,833 | 48.51% | |
| | Independent | S. I. Seshan | 6,464 | 1.44% | |
| | Independent | V. K. Damodaram | 3,713 | 0.83% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,161 | 0.70% | −21.30% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,49,004 | 69.66% | −1.91% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,59,939 | | |
| | INC gain from DMK | INC gain from DMK | Swing | -7.91% | |

### General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | R. P. Ulaganambi | 221,512 | 57.13% | 1.30% |
| | INC(O) | T. Manavalan | 1,36,191 | 35.12% | −1.61% |
| | Independent | Gopal | 30,039 | 7.75% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 85,321 | 22.00% | 2.91% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,87,742 | 71.57% | −3.66% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,59,646 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 1.30% | |

### General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Kuchelar | 203,887 | 55.83% | |
| | INC | A. Jayaraman | 1,34,155 | 36.74% | −4.29% |
| | RPI(A) | M. Krishnasamy | 27,143 | 7.43% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 69,732 | 19.09% | 10.53% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,65,185 | 75.23% | 8.17% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,04,140 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 14.80% | |

### General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | T Abdul Wahid | 114,872 | 41.03% | 21.79% |
| | RPI | N. Sivaraj | 90,906 | 32.47% | |
| | CPI | Rajarathinam | 47,186 | 16.85% | |
| | Independent | T. R. Purushotama Reddiar | 6,632 | 2.37% | |
| | Independent | Vilwanatha Mudaliar | 5,721 | 2.04% | |
| | PSP | Ganesa Mudaliar | 5,110 | 1.83% | |
| | Independent | G. M. Annalthango | 4,871 | 1.74% | |
| | Independent | Mohamed Pasha | 3,506 | 1.25% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 23,966 | 8.56% | 6.13% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,79,968 | 67.06% | −26.55% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,34,404 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 21.79% | |

### General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | N. R. Munisamy | 144,377 | 19.24% | −1.65% |
| | INC | M. Muthukrishnan | 126,132 | 16.81% | −4.08% |
| | Independent | G. M. Annalthango | 1,17,680 | 15.68% | |
| | Independent | J. P. Ganesha Mudaliar | 1,02,619 | 13.68% | |
| | Independent | M. Krishnasami | 89,311 | 11.90% | |
| | Independent | Sambanda Mudaliar | 74,501 | 9.93% | |
| | Independent | A. Jayaraman | 57,425 | 7.65% | |
| | Independent | V. R. Venkatesan | 22,970 | 3.06% | |
| | Independent | R. T. S. Moorthy | 15,350 | 2.05% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,245 | 2.43% | −0.76% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,50,365 | 93.61% | 2.35% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,01,572 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -1.65% | |

### General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Vellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | M. Muthukrishnan | 139,448 | 20.89% | 20.89% |
| | Commonweal Party | Ramachander | 118,154 | 17.70% | |
| | INC | N. S. Vardachari | 1,17,474 | 17.60% | 17.60% |
| | Independent | Muhammed Anwar | 1,17,234 | 17.56% | |
| | RPI | Krishnaswami | 96,045 | 14.39% | |
| | KMPP | Murthy | 50,085 | 7.50% | |
| | KMPP | Ambi Iyer | 29,201 | 4.37% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,294 | 3.19% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,67,641 | 91.27% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,31,534 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |