Vellore is the headquarters of the Vellore District.
The town was constituted as a third-grade municipality in 1866,
promoted to first-grade during 1947, selection-grade from 1970 and a
municipal corporation from 1 August 2008. The Vellore municipal
corporation has 60 wards and there is an elected councillor for each of
those wards. [46]
The functions of the municipal corporation are devolved into six
departments: general administration/personnel, Engineering, Revenue,
Public Health, city planning and Information Technology (IT). All these
departments are under the control of a Municipal Commissioner who is the
executive head.[47] The legislative powers are vested in a body of 60 members, one each from the 60 wards.[48] The legislative body is headed by an elected Mayor assisted by a Deputy Mayor.[49]
Vellore is a part of the Vellore and it elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years.[50] From the 1977 elections, All India Anna Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the assembly seat once (in 1977 elections), four times by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (in 1980, 1984 and 1989), twice by Indian National Congress (INC) (in 1991 and 2001 elections) and twice by Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) (in 1996 and 2001 elections). The current MLA of Vellore constituency is V.S.Vijay from the ADMK party.[44][51]
Vellore is a part of the Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency). It had the following six assembly constituencies before 2009 delimitation: Katpadi, Gudiyatham, Pernambut (SC), Anaicut, Vellore and Arni. After delimitation, it is currently composed of Vellore, Anaicut, Kilvazhithunaiankuppam (SC), Gudiyatham, Vaniyambadi and Ambur
From 1951, the Vellore parliament seat was held by the Indian National Congress for four times during 1957,[53] 1962 1989 and 1991 elections,[55][56] ADMK once during 1984 elections,[57] CWL once during 1951 elections, and independent once during 1980 elections,[58] Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam five times during the 1967,[59] 1971,[60] 1996,[61] 2004 and 2009 elections,[62] once each by NCO during 1977 elections,[63] and twice by Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) during 1998 and 1999 elections.[64][65] The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is Abdul Rahman from the DMK party.[66]
Law and order is maintained by the Vellore subdivision of the Tamil Nadu Police headed by a deputy superintendent. There are four police stations in the town, with one of them being an all-women station. There are special units like prohibition enforcement, district crime, social justice and human rights, district crime records and special branch that operate at the district level police division headed by a superintendent of police.[67]
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Vellore is a part of the Vellore and it elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years.[50] From the 1977 elections, All India Anna Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the assembly seat once (in 1977 elections), four times by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (in 1980, 1984 and 1989), twice by Indian National Congress (INC) (in 1991 and 2001 elections) and twice by Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) (in 1996 and 2001 elections). The current MLA of Vellore constituency is V.S.Vijay from the ADMK party.[44][51]
Vellore is a part of the Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency). It had the following six assembly constituencies before 2009 delimitation: Katpadi, Gudiyatham, Pernambut (SC), Anaicut, Vellore and Arni. After delimitation, it is currently composed of Vellore, Anaicut, Kilvazhithunaiankuppam (SC), Gudiyatham, Vaniyambadi and Ambur
From 1951, the Vellore parliament seat was held by the Indian National Congress for four times during 1957,[53] 1962 1989 and 1991 elections,[55][56] ADMK once during 1984 elections,[57] CWL once during 1951 elections, and independent once during 1980 elections,[58] Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam five times during the 1967,[59] 1971,[60] 1996,[61] 2004 and 2009 elections,[62] once each by NCO during 1977 elections,[63] and twice by Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) during 1998 and 1999 elections.[64][65] The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is Abdul Rahman from the DMK party.[66]
Law and order is maintained by the Vellore subdivision of the Tamil Nadu Police headed by a deputy superintendent. There are four police stations in the town, with one of them being an all-women station. There are special units like prohibition enforcement, district crime, social justice and human rights, district crime records and special branch that operate at the district level police division headed by a superintendent of police.[67]
| unicipal Corporation officials | |
|---|---|
| Mayor | P. Karthiyayini[42] |
| Commissioner | P. Janaki Raveendran[43] |
| Deputy Mayor | Dharmalingam [42] |
| Elected members | |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | V. S. Vijay[44] |
| Member of Parliament | Abdul Rahman[45 |
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