title: P. Vetrivel
text: # P. Vetrivel
  
  P. Vetrivel (1959 or 1960 – 15 October 2020) was a politician from Tamil Nadu, India.
  
  ## Life
  
  He was elected from the Perambur constituency to the Fifteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party in the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly elections.
  
  He was one of the 18 members who were disqualified by Speaker P. Dhanapal as they withdrew support for Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and became loyal to rebel leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran and joined his party Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam.
  
  ## Electoral performance
  
  2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Perambur :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | AIADMK | P. Vetrivel | 79,974 | 42.39% | New |
  | | DMK | N. R. Dhanapalan | 79,455 | 42.11% | +0.61 |
  | | CPI(M) | A. Soundararajan | 10,281 | 5.45% | -46.81 |
  | | BJP | R. Prakash | 4,582 | 2.43% | +0.73 |
  | | PMK | M. Venkatesh Perumal | 3,685 | 1.95% | New |
  | | NTK | S. Vetri Thamizhan | 3,236 | 1.72% | New |
  | | NOTA | NOTA | 3,167 | 1.68% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 519 | 0.28% | -10.48% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 188,681 | 64.95% | -4.79% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 290,522 | | |
  | | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | Swing | -9.87% | |
  
  2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | AIADMK | P. Vetrivel | 83,777 | 59.04% | +8.68 |
  | | DMK | P. K. Sekar Babu | 52,522 | 37.01% | New |
  | | BJP | K. R. Vinayagam | 1,300 | 0.92% | -0.19 |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 31,255 | 22.03% | 11.26% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,904 | 72.70% | 2.62% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 195,179 | | |
  | | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 8.68% | |
  