Karuppasamy Pandian

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Karuppasamy Pandian
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Political party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Residence(s) Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

V. Karuppasamy Pandian is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly in Tamil Nadu. He is currently one of the leaders of the anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) party in Tirunelveli district.

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Career

Pandian was a supporter of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founder and former Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran. Both Ramachandran and party general secretary Jayalalithaa appointed him to various party roles from 1972, culminating in him becoming deputy general secretary of the party in 1996. [1]

Pandian was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an AIADMK candidate from Alangulam constituency in the 1977 elections. [2] He was re-elected, this time from the Palayamkottai constituency, in the 1980 elections. [3]

In 2000, Pandian was expelled from the AIADMK by Jayalalithaa.[ why? ] He joined the rival Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on 2 May 2000, was given various posts by that party and had hopes of obtaining a state-level post within it. [1] In the 2006 elections, he was successful in contesting as a DMK candidate in the Tenkasi constituency. [4]

After being suspended from the DMK in May 2015 after allegedly attempting to have his son appointed to an official post within the party, Pandian remained silent for a while before being readmitted to the AIADMK on 26 July 2016 by Jayalalithaa. He had frequently severely criticised Jayalalithaa during his DMK member but after his expulsion had heaped praised upon her. [1] After her death in December 2016, V. K. Sassikala appointed him as one of the organising secretaries of the party. He resigned the post in February 2017 in protest against Sasikala's appointment of T. T. V. Dhinakaran as party deputy general secretary. He said, "I cannot digest the appointment of a person, who was removed from the party by Jayalalithaa in 2011 after branding him as 'traitor', as the deputy general secretary." [5]

Electoral performance

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tenkasi [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SMK R. Sarathkumar 92,253 54.30% New
DMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 69,28640.78%-9.2
BJP S. V. Anburaj2,6981.59%-2.13
ABHM S. Arumugam1,5070.89%New
Independent D. Mariappan1,1400.67%New
Independent M. Vethala Iyyankan1,0800.64%New
Independent S. Paramasivan9540.56%New
Margin of victory22,96713.52%0.15%
Turnout 1,69,91078.91%4.24%
Registered electors 2,15,324
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 4.32%
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tenkasi [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 69,755 49.98% +5.8
MDMK Rama. Udayasuriyan51,09736.61%New
BJP K. Ravi Arunan5,1903.72%New
DMDK S. Kamaraj5,0813.64%New
BSP S. Chandran2,6071.87%New
Independent N. Mariappan2,0951.50%New
AIFB A. Muthuraja1,6451.18%New
Independent K. Bala Subramanian1,1660.84%New
Margin of victory18,65813.37%6.13%
Turnout 1,39,57074.66%10.87%
Registered electors 1,86,929
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -1.44%
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Tenkasi [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK K. Annamalai 62,454 51.41% New
DMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 53,66244.18%New
Independent M. Sankarasubramanian Alias Lala M. Mani2,0641.70%New
Independent K. Balasubramanian1,7121.41%New
Independent S. Iyappan8610.71%New
Independent K. Subramanian7200.59%New
Margin of victory8,7927.24%-19.50%
Turnout 1,21,47363.79%-5.22%
Registered electors 1,90,762
AIADMK gain from TMC(M) Swing -1.40%
1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Palayamkottai [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK P. Dharamalingam 45,141 46.11% +29.19
Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam V. Karuppasamy Pandian 38,250 39.07% New
IUML L. K. S. Muhammed Meeran Mohideen12,42912.69%-19.26
Margin of victory6,8917.04%4.58%
Turnout 97,90959.21%-7.42%
Registered electors 1,69,762
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 11.70%
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Alangulam [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC S. S. Ramasubbu 31,314 28.57% New
DMK M. P. Murugiah30,83228.13%-2.53
AIADMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 23,96421.87%-32.62
AIADMK Aladi Aruna 20,86719.04%-35.45
Margin of victory4820.44%-23.38%
Turnout 109,59879.43%3.67%
Registered electors 140,927
INC gain from AIADMK Swing -25.92%
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Palayamkottai [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK V. S. T. Shamsulalam 45,209 51.92% +9.88
AIADMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 41,00447.09%-10.86
Independent J. Gaspar Raja8550.98%New
Margin of victory4,2054.83%-11.08%
Turnout 87,06870.66%3.35%
Registered electors 1,27,308
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -6.03%
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Palayamkottai [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 45,049 57.96% +13.85
DMK Suba Seetharaman32,68042.04%New
Margin of victory12,36915.91%-5.20%
Turnout 77,72967.31%6.94%
Registered electors 1,16,635
AIADMK hold Swing 13.85%
1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Alangulam [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 20,183 28.43% New
JP R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian 18,34225.84%New
INC S. Ukkirama Pandian17,99725.35%-23.36
DMK P. Thambi Durai11,59216.33%-34.96
Independent S. Arulappan Nadar1,0241.44%New
AIFB T. Thirumaran8611.21%New
Independent S. Subbiah Thevar6630.93%New
Margin of victory1,8412.59%0.01%
Turnout 70,98762.89%-15.40%
Registered electors 114,602
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -22.86%

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