title: M. K. Ashok
text: # M. K. Ashok
  
  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.
  
  The elections of 2016 resulted in his constituency being won by Vagai Chanderasekar. 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.
  
  On 22 June 2015, Ashok, his wife and a relative were injured in a car accident at the village of Pudusukkampatti, near Melur, Madurai. The three, along with a driver who escaped uninjured, were on their way to attend a funeral in Paramakudi when the accident occurred.
  
  ## Electoral performance
  
  2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Velachery :
  
  | Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,352 | 2.49% | -2.57% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174,972 | 55.63% | -2.71% |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 70 | 0.04% | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 314,537 | | |
  | | INC gain from DMK | INC gain from DMK | Swing | -0.82% | |
  
  2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Velachery :
  
  | Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 31,720 | 20.82% | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 152,364 | 67.05% | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 227,249 | | |
  | | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) |
  