Arcot N. Veeraswami is a politician and a former minister for electricity in the Tamil Nadu State of India.

[9] He was born in a Kamma family in Kuppadichatham village in North Arcot district in Tamil Nadu on 21 April 1931 to Narayanasamy Naidu and Jeyammal.

[1][2][18][19][20] Veerasamy worked as a clerk in the state electricity board before being handpicked by DMK's founder, C N Annadurai, as a candidate for the Arcot constituency in 1967; after which he became the treasurer of the DMK Party and emerged as number three in the party after Karunanidhi and K Anbazhagan in the early 80s.

[6][7] Following his rise in popularity, Veerasamy rose in the party's ranks and was unanimously elected as the Treasurer of Dravida Munnetras Kazhagam in 1994 to 2008.

[4][21] He has been a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and has been elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly six times.