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| office1 = Member-Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly<br />
| constituency1 = [[Theni Assembly constituency|Theni]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1957<br />
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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| profession = Farmer<br />
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'''N. M. Velappan''' is an [[Indian politician]] and a former member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]. He hails from the village of Kottoor in the [[Theni district]]. He was educated at [[Uthamapalayam]] Board High School. Velappan belonged to the [[Indian National Congress]] party. In the [[1957 Madras State Legislative Assembly election|1957 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections]], he contested and won from the [[Theni Assembly constituency]] and became a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).<ref>Madras Legislature WHO IS WHO 1957. Madras-9: Legislature Department, Madras. 1957. p. 59.</ref><br />
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==Electoral Performance==<br />
===1957===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Theni<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2015-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127200447/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2013}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[N. R. Thiagarajan]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=38,185 |percentage=26.62% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[S. S. Rajendran]] |party=Independent politician |votes=31,404 |percentage=21.90% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=N. M. Velappan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=26,673 |percentage=18.60% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Arunachalam |party=Independent politician |votes=15,308 |percentage=10.67% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Ayyanar (SC) |party=Independent politician |votes=13,163 |percentage=9.18% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. Suruliammal (SC) |party=Praja Socialist Party |votes=10,731 |percentage=7.48% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Selvaraj (SC) |party=Independent politician |votes=7,960 |percentage=5.55% |change= }}<br />
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{{Election box margin of victory |votes=6,781 |percentage=4.73% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=1,43,424 |percentage=90.76% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,58,034 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Madras MLAs 1957–1962]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:1916 births]]<br />
[[Category:Possibly living people]]</div>Isaac3301