Palanivel Thiagarajan

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Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan
Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 May 2023

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai Central ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan	73,205	49.47	6.92
	AIADMK	N. Jothi Muthuramalingam	39,029	26.37	12.38
	MNM	B. Mani	14,495	9.79	New
	NTK	J. Pandiammal	11,215	7.58	5.61
	Independent	Kremmer Suresh	4,907	3.32	New
	SDPI	G. S. Sikkandar Batcha	3,347	2.26	1.15
	Independent	Other independent candidates	1,042	0.70
	Others	Other party candidates	749	0.51
	NOTA	None of the above	1,441	0.97	0.79
Margin of victory			34,176	23.09	19.30
Turnout			147,989	61.17	4.03
	DMK hold		Swing	+6.92

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (Central) ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan	64,662	42.55	+3.35
	AIADMK	M. Jeyabal	58,900	38.75	New
	DMDK	D. Siva Muthukumar	11,235	7.39	−45.37
	BJP	M. Karthik Prabu	6,926	4.56	+1.98
	NTK	C. Vetri Kumaran	2,998	1.97	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,683	1.77	New
Margin of victory			5,762	3.80	−9.78
Turnout			151,982	65.20	−9.56
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-10.22

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. ^[18]

References

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