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| name                = T.Velmurugan
| name                = T.Velmurugan
| native_name        = T.வேல்முருகன்
| native_name        = தி.வேல்முருகன்
| honorific-suffix    =  
| honorific-suffix    =  
| office              = Member of the [[Tamilnadu]] [[Legislative Assembly]] for [[Panruti]]
| office              = Member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| occupation          = [[Politician]]
| occupation          = [[Politician]]
| nationality        = [[India]]
| nationality        = Indian
| website            = http://www.tvkparty.com/
| website            = https://tvkparty.in/
| state_assembly      = TamilNadu
| state_assembly      = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| party              = Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi
| party              = [[Image:Tvk_flag_wikipedia.png|24px]] [[Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi]]      (2012 - Present)
| termstart          = 15 May 2001
| termstart          = 2 May 2021
| termend            = 15 May 2011
| termend            =  
| constituency        = [[Panruti (state assembly constituency)|Panruti]]
| predecessor        = [[Sathya Panneerselvam]]
| termstart1          = 13 May 2001
| termend1            = 13 May 2011
| constituency1      = [[Panruti (state assembly constituency)|Panruti]]
| predecessor1        = [[V. Ramaswamy]]
| successor1          = [[P. Sivakozhundu]]
| image              = Velmurugan T.jpg
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|04|11}}
| birth_place        = [[Cuddalore district|Puliyur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| otherparty          = [[File:Pmk flag.jpg|24px]] [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] (till 2012)
}}
}}


'''T. Velmurugan''' Tamil Nadu (India) politician and Former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as a [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] candidate from [[Panruti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panruti constituency]] in [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]], and [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]]. He is the founder of the party Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK).<ref name="news18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/former-mla-velmurugan-floats-party-437982.html|title=Former MLA Velmurugan floats party|website=News18|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref>
'''T. Velmurugan''' is an Indian politician and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] as a [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] candidate from [[Panruti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panruti constituency]] in the [[Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2021|2021]] elections. . He is the founder of [[Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi]] (TVMK) party.<ref name="news18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/former-mla-velmurugan-floats-party-437982.html|title=Former MLA Velmurugan floats party|website=News18|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref>
 
== Early life ==
Velmurugan was born in 1970 in Puliyur Kattusagai village, Kurinchipadi circle, [[Cuddalore district]] as the fifth child of Thirunavukkarasu, Tanakkodi, in a farming family.
 
At age 15, he was inspired by the Tamil Nadu Liberation Force and attended their meetings and events. In 1987, the government attacked the Tamil Nadu Liberation Force, and Velmurugan and his family fled to [[Chennai]].
 
== Politics ==
He entered politics as the Tiruvottiyur city secretary of the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]].


== Political career ==
He was fielded as the candidate of [[Thiruvottiyur Assembly constituency|Thiruvettiyur]] in the assembly elections held on 24 June 1996 and became the State Youth Secretary.
Velmurugan is the founder of Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi.<ref name="news18"/><ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Tamizhaga-Vazhvurimai-Katchi-leader-Velmurugan-meets-Jaya-extends-his-partys-support-to-AIADMK/articleshow/30803187.cms|title=Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi leader Velmurugan meets Jaya, extends his party’s support to AIADMK &#124; Chennai News|website=The Times of India|date=2014-02-21|author=Julie Mariappan|accessdate=2020-12-23}}</ref>


Velmurugan was a part of [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] (PMK) and was the joint general secretary of the party and two-time MLA of PMK party. Velmurugan started TVK party on January 15, 2012 on Pongal festival by hosting his party flag. Velmurugan said that he may keep an alliance with any party. He confirmed that "We are not opposed to any political party and we will make a change in Indian political system".<ref name="news18"/>
After [[Panruti S. Ramachandran|Panruti Ramachandran]] left the party, Velmurugan won the post of Unified [[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore District]] Secretary. He then became the candidate in [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Panruti Assembly elections]] in 2001, which he won, and was re-elected in 2006.


===Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi===
Velmurugan founded Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi, a Tamil Nadu political party.<ref>{{cite web |date=2012-01-17 |title=Former MLA Velmurugan floats party - - Tamil Nadu - ibnlive |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-mla-velmurugan-floats-party/221577-60-118.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209062627/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-mla-velmurugan-floats-party/221577-60-118.html |archive-date=2012-12-09 |accessdate=2012-10-27 |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com}}</ref> The Gangaikondan police registered a case against Velmurugan and 32 other TVK cadres after agitation organized by them against the upcoming unit of [[Pepsi]] at the [[SIPCOT]] Industrial Growth Centre in [[Gangaikondan]] on 27 October 2015.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web |title=Case against Velmurugan, 32 others |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/case-filed-against-velmurugan-32-others/article7816346.ece |accessdate=2020-12-23 |website=The Hindu}}</ref>
Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi is a political party in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It was founded by former [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] Panruti T. Velmurugan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-mla-velmurugan-floats-party/221577-60-118.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209062627/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-mla-velmurugan-floats-party/221577-60-118.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-09 |title=Former MLA Velmurugan floats party - - Tamil Nadu - ibnlive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=2012-01-17 |accessdate=2012-10-27}}</ref> This is one of the political parties in Tamil Nadu, which organizes various agitations for the issues of Tamils. The Gangaikondan police registered a case against Panruti T. Velmurugan and 32 other cadres of the TVK after the agitation organized by them against the upcoming unit of [[Pepsi]] at the [[SIPCOT]] Industrial Growth Centre in [[Gangaikondan]] on 27 October 2015.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/case-filed-against-velmurugan-32-others/article7816346.ece|title=Case against Velmurugan, 32 others|website=The Hindu|accessdate=2020-12-23}}</ref>
[[File:Velmurgan mla.png|thumb|257x257px]]
== Elections ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Party
!Constituency
!Result
!Votes gained
!%
|-
|[[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|[[Thiruvottiyur Assembly constituency|Thiruvottiyur]]
|{{Lost}}
|4,559
|2.52%
|-
|[[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|[[Panruti Assembly constituency|Panruti]]
|{{Won}}
|45,963
|37.67%
|-
|[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|[[Panruti Assembly constituency|Panruti]]
|{{Won}}
|54,653
|38.18
|-
|[[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|[[Neyveli Assembly constituency|Neyveli]]
|{{Lost}}
|61,431
|44.72%
|-
|[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election]]
|[[TVMK]]
|[[Neyveli Assembly constituency|Neyveli]]
|{{Lost}}
|30,523
|19.17%
|-
|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Panruti Assembly constituency|Panruti]]
|{{Won}}
|93,801
|47.6%
|}


== References ==
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T.Velmurugan
தி.வேல்முருகன்
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Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded bySathya Panneerselvam
ConstituencyPanruti
In office
13 May 2001 – 13 May 2011
Preceded byV. Ramaswamy
Succeeded byP. Sivakozhundu
ConstituencyPanruti
Personal details
Born (1970-04-11) 11 April 1970 (age 56)
Puliyur, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyError creating thumbnail: File missing Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (2012 - Present)
Other political
affiliations		File:Pmk flag.jpg Pattali Makkal Katchi (till 2012)
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttps://tvkparty.in/

T. Velmurugan is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as a Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate from Panruti constituency in the 2021 elections. . He is the founder of Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVMK) party.[1]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Velmurugan was born in 1970 in Puliyur Kattusagai village, Kurinchipadi circle, Cuddalore district as the fifth child of Thirunavukkarasu, Tanakkodi, in a farming family.

At age 15, he was inspired by the Tamil Nadu Liberation Force and attended their meetings and events. In 1987, the government attacked the Tamil Nadu Liberation Force, and Velmurugan and his family fled to Chennai.

Politics[edit | edit source]

He entered politics as the Tiruvottiyur city secretary of the PMK.

He was fielded as the candidate of Thiruvettiyur in the assembly elections held on 24 June 1996 and became the State Youth Secretary.

After Panruti Ramachandran left the party, Velmurugan won the post of Unified Cuddalore District Secretary. He then became the candidate in Panruti Assembly elections in 2001, which he won, and was re-elected in 2006.

Velmurugan founded Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi, a Tamil Nadu political party.[2] The Gangaikondan police registered a case against Velmurugan and 32 other TVK cadres after agitation organized by them against the upcoming unit of Pepsi at the SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre in Gangaikondan on 27 October 2015.[3]

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Elections[edit | edit source]

Election Party Constituency Result Votes gained %
1996 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election PMK Thiruvottiyur Lost 4,559 2.52%
2001 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election PMK Panruti Won 45,963 37.67%
2006 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election PMK Panruti Won 54,653 38.18
2011 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election PMK Neyveli Lost 61,431 44.72%
2016 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election TVMK Neyveli Lost 30,523 19.17%
2021 Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Election DMK Panruti Won 93,801 47.6%

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Former MLA Velmurugan floats party". News18. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Former MLA Velmurugan floats party - - Tamil Nadu - ibnlive". Ibnlive.in.com. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Case against Velmurugan, 32 others". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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