P. H. Manoj Pandian, M.L. | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna |
Constituency | Alangulam |
In office 11 May 2001 –8 May 2006 | |
Preceded by | P. Veldurai |
Succeeded by | P. Veldurai |
Constituency | Cheranmahadevi |
Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha | |
In office 30 June 2010 –29 June 2016 | |
Succeeded by | A. Vijayakumar |
Constituency | Tamil Nadu |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 August 1971 |
Political party | AIADMK |
Spouse | Deepti Manoj Pandian |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Dr. P. H. Pandian,(father) Dr. Cynthia Pandian,(mother) |
Alma mater | B.L.,M.L.,educated at Dr. Ambedkar Law College,Chennai and Madras University,Chennai |
Occupation | Advocate |
P. H. Manoj Pandian (born 8 August 1971) is a politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly for Alangulam constituency. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Cheranmahadevi constituency in 2001 election [1] and former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from 2010 to 2016.
Bachelor Of Law (B.L.),Madras Law College. M.L. (International and Constitutional Law) (Madras University). [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | P. H. Manoj Pandian | 74,153 | 36.44% | −7.08 | |
DMK | Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna | 70,614 | 34.70% | −11.28 | |
Independent | A. Hari Nadar | 37,727 | 18.54% | New | |
NTK | M. Sangeetha Esak | 12,519 | 7.15% | +4.86 | |
DMDK | Rajendranathan | 2,816 | 1.38% | −2.64 | |
NOTA | NOTA | 1,786 | 0.88% | −0.2 | |
MNM | S. Selvakumar | 1,454 | 0.71% | New | |
PT | A. Udhayakumar | 1,105 | 0.54% | New | |
Margin of victory | 3,539 | 1.74% | −0.72% | ||
Turnout | 203,478 | 78.13% | −0.91% | ||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.00% | |||
Registered electors | 260,429 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -9.54% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | P. Veldurai | 48,527 | 43.72% | New | |
AIADMK | P. H. Manoj Pandian | 42,495 | 38.29% | −15.23 | |
DMDK | S. Rajendra Nathan | 8,122 | 7.32% | New | |
AIFB | A. Paramasivan | 5,966 | 5.37% | New | |
BSP | S. Udayakumar | 1,920 | 1.73% | New | |
BJP | P. Arumuganainar | 1,626 | 1.46% | −40.27 | |
RLD | R. Achuthan | 1,055 | 0.95% | New | |
Independent | A. Paulrathinam | 805 | 0.73% | New | |
Margin of victory | 6,032 | 5.43% | −6.34% | ||
Turnout | 110,996 | 69.85% | 9.52% | ||
Registered electors | 158,911 | ||||
INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -9.79% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | P. H. Manoj Pandian | 49,873 | 53.51% | +35.32 | |
BJP | N. Chockalingam | 38,898 | 41.74% | +39.73 | |
Independent | R. Achuthan | 1,885 | 2.02% | New | |
Independent | R. Charles | 1,147 | 1.23% | New | |
Independent | B. Krishnan | 615 | 0.66% | New | |
Independent | S. Ganesaraj | 483 | 0.52% | New | |
Margin of victory | 10,975 | 11.78% | −0.46% | ||
Turnout | 93,200 | 60.32% | −11.37% | ||
Registered electors | 154,502 | ||||
AIADMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | 14.10% |
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