P. Vetrivel

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

Life

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

This section is transcluded from Perambur Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

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%

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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

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.