Vedasandur (state assembly constituency)

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Coordinates: 10°31′49″N 77°55′22″E / 10.5302058°N 77.9226457°E / 10.5302058; 77.9226457

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Vedasandur is a legislative assembly^[1]^[2] constituency in Dindigul district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It comes under Karur Constituency for parliament elections^[3] Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below.

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	V. Madanagopal	Communist Party of India
1957	T. S. Soundram	Indian National Congress
1962	S. Nanjunda Rao	Indian National Congress
1967	N. Varadaraj	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	P. Muthusamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	Vasan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V. P. Balasubramanian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. P. Balasubramanian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	P. Muthusamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. Gandhirajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. V. Krishnan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. Andivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	M. Dhandapani^[4]	Indian National Congress
2011	S. Palanichamy^[5]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	V. P. B. Paramasivam^[6]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Gandhirajan^[7]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vedasandur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	S. Gandhirajan	1,06,481	49.97
	AIADMK	V. P. B. Paramasivam	88,928	41.73
	NTK	POTHUMANI R	8,495	3.99
	AMMK	RAMASAMY P	2,041	0.96
	MNM	VETRIVEL S	1,215	0.57
	NOTA	NOTA	803	0.38
Margin of victory			17,553	8.24
Turnout			2,13,080	82.38
	DMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vedasandur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	V. P. B. Paramasivam	97,555	49.13
	INC	R. Sivasakthivel Gounder	77,617	39.09
	DMDK	S. R. K. Balu	12,445	6.27
	IND	Kannan R	2,512	1.27
	NOTA	None of the above	2,256	1.14
Margin of victory			19,938	10.04
Turnout			1,98,615	80.56
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vedasandur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	S. Palanichamy	1,04,511	61.92
	INC	M. Dhandapani	53,799	31.88
	IND	Varatharaj. P	2,018	1.20
	IND	N. Rajan	1,643	0.97
	BSP	Palanichamy. M	1,640	0.97
Margin of victory			50,712	30.05
Turnout			1,68,874	79.72
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing