S. V. Krishnan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Communist Party of India candidate from Nanguneri constituency in 1996 election. [1] [2]
Nanguneri is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Tiruchendur was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu until 2008 constituency realignment.
Harikrishnan Nadar Vasanthakumar was an Indian businessman and politician from Tamil Nadu. He was the founder and chairman of Vasanth & Co, one of the largest retail home appliance chains in Tamil Nadu. He was also the founder and managing director of the Tamil satellite TV channel Vasanth TV. He was elected as the member of parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Kanyakumari constituency in the 2019 Indian general election. He was also elected as member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Nanguneri constituency in the 2006 and 2016 elections.
Nanguneri is an assembly constituency located in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. It falls under Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members of whom are democratically elected using the First-past-the-post system. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the Speaker. The term of the Assembly is five years unless dissolved earlier.
M. John Vincent was an Indian politician and three times Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Nanguneri constituency in the 1977 election as a Janata Party candidate, and as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate at the 1980 and 1984 elections.
M. G. Sankar Reddiyar was an Indian philanthropist, entrepreneur and politician. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly thrice during his lifetime. He was elected to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Nanguneri constituency in 1952, 1957 and 1962 elections as an Indian National Congress candidate. Born to Shri. Kuruvaiya Reddiar and Smt. Subbammal, he went to Ceylon to pursue his studies. The entrepreneurial spirit within him inspired Shri. M G Sankarto venture into a soft beverages business. His beverages branded as “Vimto House” were popular with the British Army who were serving in the island during that time. His business grew and gathered roots in the island. On his return to India, he settled down near Nanguneri and continued his acts of entrepreneurship and philanthropy.
N. Duraipandian was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Nanguneri constituency in 1967 election.
T. Ganapathy was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Palavur constituency in 1952 election.
M. Mani Achiyur was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Nanguneri constituency in 1989 election.
V. Paulraj Natesan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Nanguneri constituency in 1991 election.
S. Manickaraj was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Nanguneri constituency in 2001 election.
The All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi is a Tamil political party in India. The party's founder and president is actor R. Sarathkumar. Kumar was a part of DMK in his early political career and then joined All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). Later he quit AIADMK and he started his own political party, the All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi on 31 August 2007. In 2011 Assembly elections, it contested as a part of the AIADMK alliance and won in two assembly constituencies – Tenkasi and Nanguneri. Sarathkumar won from Tenkasi and Ernavur A. Narayanan won from Nanguneri. C.Raja. In just before 2011 Assembly elections he joined in AIADMK alliance and his party was allotted two seats. He won election in the Tenkasi Constituency in 2011 Assembly elections.
A. Narayanan is the Founder and President of Samathuva Makkal Kazhagam, a Political Party in Tamilnadu. He is an incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Nanguneri constituency. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in 2011 and won in Nanguneri District. He is also the Managing Director of Sri Mangalam Finance, Hotel Chennai Deluxe, Apple Residency and Chennai Le Palace.
During the 2016–2021 timeframe, by-elections were held in Tamil Nadu, India, due to the following events:
By-elections to eighteen state assembly constituencies were held in Tamil Nadu on 18 April 2019 together with 2019 Indian general election. It was considered to be mini-assembly election battle for the power in Tamil Nadu. The ruling government had to prove its majority while the opposition was trying hard to get maximum seats . There were 22 seats vacant in the Tamil Nadu assembly, By-election took place in two phases and in the first phase for 18 assembly constituencies together with Lok Sabha general election on 18 April 2019 in the state. Remaining 4 assembly constituencies election was held on 19 May. The counting of votes was conducted on 23 May, and on the same day the results were announced. Then the by-elections for 2 seats Vikravandi and Nanguneri were conducted on 21 October 2019
R. Muthamilselvam is an Indian politician in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Vikravandi on 24 October 2019.
V. Narayanan is an Indian politician in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Nanguneri on 24 October 2019.
Ruby R. Manoharan is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Nanguneri as an Indian National Congress candidate in 2021.