M. K. Ashok
M.K. Ashok in 2021
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
2011–2016
ConstituencyVelachery
Personal details
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

M. K. Ashok is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Velachery constituency in Chennai District. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.[1]

The elections of 2016 resulted in his constituency being won by Vagai Chanderasekar.[2] Ashok was one of thirteen AIADMK MLAs in the Greater Chennai area who were deselected by the party, apparently in an attempt to thwart a potential anti-incumbency backlash from the electorate following the recent flooding. It was felt that fresh faces would put some distance between the past and the present.[3]

On 22 June 2015, Ashok, his wife and a relative were injured in a car accident at the village of Pudusukkampatti, near Melur, Madurai.[4] The three, along with a driver who escaped uninjured, were on their way to attend a funeral in Paramakudi when the accident occurred.[citation needed]

Electoral performance

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Velachery[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana 68,493 39.15% New
AIADMK M. K. Ashok 64,141 36.66% +1.75
MNM Dr. Santhosh Babu IAS (Retd) 23,072 13.19% New
NTK M. Keerthana 14,171 8.10% +5.81
AMMK M. Chandrabose 1,977 1.13% New
NOTA NOTA 1,742 1.00% -1.41
Margin of victory 4,352 2.49% -2.57%
Turnout 174,972 55.63% -2.71%
Rejected ballots 70 0.04%
Registered electors 314,537
INC gain from DMK Swing -0.82%
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Velachery[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. K. Ashok 82,145 53.91% New
PMK M. Jayaraman 50,425 33.10% New
Independent E. Sarathbabu 7,472 4.90% New
BJP Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan 7,048 4.63% New
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Senthil Kumar Arumugam 1,225 0.80% New
IJK K. N. Seshadri 1,036 0.68% New
Margin of victory 31,720 20.82%
Turnout 152,364 67.05%
Registered electors 227,249
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ^ "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ Kotteswaran, C. S. (5 April 2016). "MLAs in flood-hit areas denied tickets". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Tamil Nadu MLA injured in road accident near Madurai | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Velachery Election Result". Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. ^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.


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