Karuppasamy Pandian

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V. Karuppasamy Pandian is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly in Tamil Nadu. He is currently one of the leaders of the anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) party in Tirunelveli district.

Karuppasamy Pandian
Personal details
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Residence(s)Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

Career

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Pandian was a supporter of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founder and former Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran. Both Ramachandran and party general secretary Jayalalithaa appointed him to various party roles from 1972, culminating in him becoming deputy general secretary of the party in 1996.[1]

Pandian was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an AIADMK candidate from Alangulam constituency in the 1977 elections.[2] He was re-elected, this time from the Palayamkottai constituency, in the 1980 elections.[3]

In 2000, Pandian was expelled from the AIADMK by Jayalalithaa.[why?] He joined the rival Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on 2 May 2000, was given various posts by that party and had hopes of obtaining a state-level post within it.[1] In the 2006 elections, he was successful in contesting as a DMK candidate in the Tenkasi constituency.[4]

After being suspended from the DMK in May 2015 after allegedly attempting to have his son appointed to an official post within the party, Pandian remained silent for a while before being readmitted to the AIADMK on 26 July 2016 by Jayalalithaa. He had frequently severely criticised Jayalalithaa during his DMK member but after his expulsion had heaped praised upon her.[1] After her death in December 2016, V. K. Sassikala appointed him as one of the organising secretaries of the party. He resigned the post in February 2017 in protest against Sasikala's appointment of T. T. V. Dhinakaran as party deputy general secretary. He said, "I cannot digest the appointment of a person, who was removed from the party by Jayalalithaa in 2011 after branding him as 'traitor', as the deputy general secretary."[5]

Electoral Career

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Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections Contested

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Elections Constituency Party Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Alangulam AIADMK Won 28.43 R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian JP 25.84
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Palayamkottai AIADMK Won 57.96 Suba Seetharaman DMK 42.04
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Palayamkottai AIADMK Lost 47.09 V. S. T. Shamsulalam DMK 51.92
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Alangulam AIADMK(J) Lost 21.87 S. S. Ramasubbu INC 28.57
1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Palayamkottai Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam Lost 39.07 P. Dharamalingam AIADMK 46.11
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Tenkasi DMK Lost 44.18 K. Annamalai AIADMK 51.41
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Tenkasi DMK Won 49.98 Rama. Udayasuriyan MDMK 36.61
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Tenkasi DMK Lost 40.78 R. Sarathkumar AISMK 54.30

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Karuppasamy Pandian back in AIADMK fold". The Hindu. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ^ 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  3. ^ 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. ^ 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  5. ^ Sudhakar, P. (15 February 2017). "Karuppasamy Pandian resigns as AIADMK organising secretary". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 May 2017.