Mano Thangaraj

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T. Mano Thangaraj
Mano Thangaraj
Minister for Milk and Dairy Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 April 2025

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Padmanabhapuram ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Mano Thangaraj	87,744	51.57	+4.37
	AIADMK	D. John Thankam	60,859	35.77	+13.89
	NTK	Seelan	13,899	8.17	+7.66
	AMMK	D. Jenkins	3,234	1.90	New
	BSP	P. Latha	1,272	0.75	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,036	0.61	−0.23
	MNM	M. Jeyaraj	981	0.58	New
Margin of victory			26,885	15.80	−9.52
Turnout			170,156	71.18	2.84
Rejected ballots			1443	0.85
Registered electors			239,036
	DMK hold		Swing	4.37

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Padmanabhapuram ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Mano Thangaraj	76,249	47.20	+5.72
	AIADMK	K. P. Rajendra Prasad	35,344	21.88	New
	BJP	Su. Sheeba Prasad	31,994	19.80	−4.09
	DMDK	D. Jeganathan	13,185	8.16	−19.94
	NOTA	NOTA	1,359	0.84	New
	NTK	Arul Selestin Raj	826	0.51	New
Margin of victory			40,905	25.32	11.94
Turnout			161,560	68.34	−1.60
Registered electors			236,398
	DMK hold		Swing	5.72

Ministership (2021-)

GITEX 2022

He participated in GITEX 2022 at Dubai as a representative of Ministry for Information Technology & Digital Services, India for Government of Tamil Nadu. He met a lot of founders, CEOs, top leadership of Indian Startups at GITEX, Dubai, during “Meet Indian Startups” event organised by the Consulate General of India, Dubai on 12 October 2022.

Philanthropy

He owns the Good Vision Charitable Trust which was working on women, children and sanitation related issues. ^[7]

References

1. "15th Assembly Members". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
2. Julie Mariappan (7 May 2021). "DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin's cabinet colleagues revealed". The Times of India . Retrieved 26 March 2022.
3. "Mano Thangaraj, T.(DMK):Constituency- PADMANABHAPURAM(KANNIYAKUMARI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
4. "Kumari lone ranger on mission mode". The New Indian Express. 22 November 2011.
5. "Padmanabhapuram Election Result". Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
6. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
7. Sowmiya Ashok (15 June 2015). "NGO licence in limbo? Move court". Mint. Retrieved 26 March 2022.