Gomathi Srinivasan | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1980–1989 | |
In office 1996–2001 | |
Constituency | Valangiman |
Minister of Social Welfare | |
In office 1980–1987 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Indian |
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Occupation | Politician |
Gomathi Srinivasan is an Indian politician and was Minister of Social Welfare in the Government of Tamil Nadu between 1980 and 1987,as well as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
G.Srinivasan is elected to be the Tamil Nadu State President from Metur Salem]] (AIADMK) candidate from Valangiman constituency in 1980. [1] She served as Minister of Social Welfare in the cabinet of M. G. Ramachandran between 1980 and 1987, [2] being re-elected from the same constituency,in the 1984 election. [3] After Ramachandran had died,Gomathi Srinivasan switched allegiances and joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), [2] for whom she won the Valangiman seat in the 1996 elections. [4] The DMK denied her the opportunity to contest the 2001 elections and later suspended her for alleged anti-party activities. [5] She returned to the AIADMK in September 2013. [2] Gomathi Srinivasan was among several former DMK ministers legislators charged by Tamil Nadu Police in June 2005 of having assets disproportionate to their known income. [6] All charges were dismissed by the courts in 2015 due to lack of evidence. [7] In 2024,she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Tamil Nadu BJP chief K. Annamalai and Rajeev Chandrasekhar. [3] [8] [9]
Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote percentage |
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1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Valangiman | AIADMK | Won | 56.11 | A. Chellappa | DMK | 40.70 |
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Valangiman | AIADMK | Won | 55.78 | N. Somasundaram Sithmalli | DMK | 41.10 |
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Valangiman | DMK | Won | 50.78 | V. Vivekanandan | AIADMK | 29.09 |
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Valangiman | Independent | Lost | 1.92 | Boopathi Mariappan | AIADMK | 57.93 |