P. Vetrivel (1959 or 1960 – 15 October 2020)[1] was a politician from Tamil Nadu, India.

Life edit

He was elected from the Perambur constituency to the Fifteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party in the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly elections.[2]

He was one of the 18 members who were disqualified by Speaker P. Dhanapal as they withdrew support for Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and became loyal to rebel leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran and joined his party Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam.[3][4]

Electoral performance edit

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Perambur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Vetrivel 79,974 42.39% New
DMK N. R. Dhanapalan 79,455 42.11% +0.61
CPI(M) A. Soundararajan 10,281 5.45% -46.81
BJP R. Prakash 4,582 2.43% +0.73
PMK M. Venkatesh Perumal 3,685 1.95% New
NTK S. Vetri Thamizhan 3,236 1.72% New
NOTA NOTA 3,167 1.68% New
Margin of victory 519 0.28% -10.48%
Turnout 188,681 64.95% -4.79%
Registered electors 290,522
AIADMK gain from CPI(M) Swing -9.87%
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Vetrivel 83,777 59.04% +8.68
DMK P. K. Sekar Babu 52,522 37.01% New
BJP K. R. Vinayagam 1,300 0.92% -0.19
Margin of victory 31,255 22.03% 11.26%
Turnout 141,904 72.70% 2.62%
Registered electors 195,179
AIADMK hold Swing 8.68%

References edit

  1. ^ Former Tamil Nadu MLA, AMMK treasurer P Vetrivel dies in Chennai hospital
  2. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly Trends and Results 2016: Tamil Nadu : Constituency-wise Trends". Election Commission of India. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ^ Verdict on disqualification of 18 MLAs on June 14; Tamil Nadu on tenterhooks
  4. ^ Echo of poll debacle: AMMK sees many jumping ship
  5. ^ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  6. ^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.