Palanivel Thiagarajan

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Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan
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Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 May 2023
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (Central) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan 64,662 42.55 +3.35
AIADMK M. Jeyabal58,90038.75New
DMDK D. Siva Muthukumar11,2357.39−45.37
BJP M. Karthik Prabu6,9264.56+1.98
NTK C. Vetri Kumaran2,9981.97New
NOTA None Of The Above2,6831.77New
Margin of victory5,7623.80−9.78
Turnout 151,98265.20−9.56
DMK gain from DMDK Swing -10.22
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan 73,205 49.47 +6.92
AIADMK N. Jothi Muthuramalingam39,02926.37−12.38
MNM B. Mani14,4959.79New
NTK J. Pandiammal11,2157.58+5.61
Independent Kremmer Suresh4,9073.32New
SDPI G. S. Sikkandar Batcha3,3472.26+1.15
NOTA None of the above 1,4410.97−0.79
Margin of victory34,17623.0919.30
Turnout 147,98961.17−4.03
DMK hold Swing +6.92

Personal life

He married Margaret, whom he met at University at Buffalo where he was pursuing his Ph.D. while she was pursuing her Master's. They have two sons. [17]

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