Vellore is a
legislative assembly constituency in the
India
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n state of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 43. It includes the city of
Vellore
Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separa ...
and forms a part of the
Vellore Lok Sabha constituency
Vellore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the present state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 8.
The 2019 lok sabha election was scheduled to b ...
for national elections to the
Parliament of India
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. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
Vellore was one of the 17 assembly constituencies to have
VVPAT
Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) or verified paper record (VPR) is a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballotless voting system. A VVPAT is intended as an independent verification system for voting machines designed to allow ...
facility with EVMs in the
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. AIADMK under J. Jayal ...
.
Most successful party: DMK (7 times)
Madras State
Tamil Nadu
Election results
2021
2016
2011
2006
2001
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1980
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1952
References
{{Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
Vellore