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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | {{Short description|Indian politician}} | ||
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} | {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} | ||
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| office = Member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] | | office = Member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] | ||
| occupation = [[Politician]] | | occupation = [[Politician]] | ||
| nationality = | | nationality = Indian | ||
| website = http://www.tvkparty.com/ | | website = http://www.tvkparty.com/ | ||
| state_assembly = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] | | state_assembly = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] | ||
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'''T. Velmurugan''' Tamil Nadu (India) politician and | '''T. Velmurugan''' Tamil Nadu (India) 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 [[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> | ||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||
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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"/> | 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"/> | ||
== 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]] | |||
|[[Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi]] | |||
|[[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% | |||
|} | |||
===Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi=== | ===Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi=== | ||
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[[Category:People from Cuddalore district]] | [[Category:People from Cuddalore district]] | ||
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] | [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026]] | ||
{{TamilNadu-politician-stub}} | {{TamilNadu-politician-stub}} | ||