Arul Ramadas

• P. Ramadas (father)

Arul Ramadas
Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 May 2021
Education	Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
Occupation	Agriculturist

R. Arul, popularly known as Arul Ramadas, is a politician from Salem, Tamil Nadu. He started his political career as a cadre and held various offices in Pattali Makkal Katchi. He is currently serving as Salem district secretary of PMK.

He was elected as a Member of the State Legislature from Salem West constituency in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. ^{[1] [2]} He launched a website to communicate with his constituency voters and people to keep in touch with them and he is the first MLA in India to launch mobile MLA office in which he meets people at their own place to avoid people’s discomfort and personally ask people's problems. ^[3]

Electoral performance

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (West)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Arul Ramadas	105,483	49.07%
	DMK	A. Rajendran	83,984	39.07%	2.77%
	NTK	S. Nagammal	10,668	4.96%	4.28%
	MNM	A. Thiyagarajan	7,939	3.69%
	DMDK	Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj	2,307	1.07%	−3.35%
	NOTA	Nota	1,683	0.78%	−0.75%
Margin of victory			21,499	10.00%	6.42%
Turnout			214,945	71.74%	−2.91%
Rejected ballots			507	0.24%
Registered electors			299,605
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.19%

References

1. "My loyalty lies with PMK founder Ramadoss: Salem West MLA R. Arul". The Hindu. 22 June 2025. Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
2. "Salem West election results 2021".
3. "Arul Ramadass".