V. Moorthy

V. Moorthy is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Madhavaram constituency. He represented All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.^[1]

Moorthy was the Minister for Milk and Dairy Development of the Government of Tamil Nadu from November 2011.^[2]

The elections of 2016 resulted in his constituency being won by S. Sudharsanam.^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Sudharsanam	151,485	50.04%	+4.61
	AIADMK	V. Moorthy	94,414	31.19%	−8.56
	NTK	R. Elumalai	27,453	9.07%	+7.69
	MNM	Ramesh	15,877	5.25%	New
	AMMK	D. Dhakshnamoorthy	7,104	2.35%	New
	NOTA	Nota	2,166	0.72%	−0.88
Margin of victory			57,071	18.85%	13.18%
Turnout			302,700	66.63%	−1.87%
Rejected ballots			0	0.00%
Registered electors			454,327
	DMK hold		Swing	4.61%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Moorthy	115,468	55.69%	*New*
	DMK	N. S. Kanimozhi	80,703	38.93%	New
	BJP	B. Sivakumar	2,599	1.25%	New
	Independent	P. Kumaran	2,135	1.03%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	A. Ramesh	1,964	0.95%	New
	BSP	N. Janakiraman	1,280	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			34,765	16.77%
Turnout			275,626	75.22%
Registered electors			207,325
	AIADMK win (new seat)

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