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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Indian politician (born 1937)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Ramachandran</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Minister of Public Works, Electricity and Iron & Steel</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1978–1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Minister for Transport</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1971–1976</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">Member of the Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1967–1989<br /> 1991–1996</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">Panruti</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2011- 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">Alandur</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1937-11-10</span>) </span>10 November 1937<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 87)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Panruti" title="Panruti">Panruti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Presidency</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AIADMK_OfficialFlag_Vector.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/AIADMK_OfficialFlag_Vector.svg/20px-AIADMK_OfficialFlag_Vector.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/AIADMK_OfficialFlag_Vector.svg/30px-AIADMK_OfficialFlag_Vector.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/AIADMK_OfficialFlag_Vector.svg/40px-AIADMK_OfficialFlag_Vector.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="434" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a><br /><small> (2014–2022)</small><br /><small>(1977–1991)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_DMDK.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_DMDK.png/20px-Flag_DMDK.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_DMDK.png/30px-Flag_DMDK.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_DMDK.png/40px-Flag_DMDK.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravidar_Kazhagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam">DMDK</a> <small>(2005–2013)</small><br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pmk_flag.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Pmk_flag.jpg/20px-Pmk_flag.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Pmk_flag.jpg/30px-Pmk_flag.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Pmk_flag.jpg/40px-Pmk_flag.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">PMK</a> <small>(1991–2005)</small><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_DMK.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_DMK.svg/20px-Flag_DMK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_DMK.svg/30px-Flag_DMK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_DMK.svg/40px-Flag_DMK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a><small> (Till 1977)</small></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Panruti S. Ramachandran</b> (born 10 November 1937) is an Indian politician and former <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">Member of the Legislative Assembly</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>. </p><p>He served as the party presidium chairman of <a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravidar_Kazhagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam">DMDK</a> till 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panruti_S._Ramachandran&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ramachanrdran was born in a village named Puliyurkaattusaagai in <a href="/wiki/Panruti_taluk" title="Panruti taluk">Panruti taluk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuddalore_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuddalore District">Cuddalore District</a>. He is the only son of Sankaradevan and Chinnapillai. He did his schooling in St. David High School at <a href="/wiki/Cuddalore" title="Cuddalore">Cuddalore</a> Old Town.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After SSLC, he joined <a href="/wiki/Annamalai_University" title="Annamalai University">Annamalai University</a> for his <a href="/wiki/Pre-university_course" title="Pre-university course">PUC</a> and later graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (honours degree in B.E). Thereafter, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Electricity_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Nadu Electricity Board">Tamil Nadu Electricity Board</a> as Assistant Engineer at <a href="/wiki/Arni,_Tiruvannamalai" class="mw-redirect" title="Arni, Tiruvannamalai">Arni</a>, North <a href="/wiki/Arcot" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcot">Arcot</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panruti_S._Ramachandran&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ramachandran was the <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (DMK) student secretary while at Annamalai University. As a secretary, he organised DMK meetings at <a href="/wiki/Arignar_Anna" class="mw-redirect" title="Arignar Anna">Arignar Anna</a> would be the prime speaker. Anna was impressed by Ramachandran's government of Tamil Nadu he used to speak as Sampath in DMK public meetings. He named his son as Sampath after his pen name. </p><p>He started his political career as a DMK member. He was the Minister for Transport of Tamil Nadu during 1971–77. He later joined <a href="/wiki/Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (ADMK). He has won six assembly elections contesting from <a href="/wiki/Panruti_(State_Assembly_Constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panruti (State Assembly Constituency)">Panruti</a> constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_legislative_assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Nadu legislative assembly">Tamil Nadu legislative assembly</a> from <a href="/wiki/Panruti_(State_Assembly_Constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panruti (State Assembly Constituency)">Panruti constituency</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> candidate in <a href="/wiki/1967_Tamil_Nadu_state_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 Tamil Nadu state assembly election">1967</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1971_Tamil_Nadu_state_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election">1971 elections</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> candidate in <a href="/wiki/1977_Tamil_Nadu_state_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1980_Tamil_Nadu_state_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election">1980</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1984_Tamil_Nadu_state_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election">1984 elections</a> and as a <a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> candidate in <a href="/wiki/1991_Tamil_Nadu_state_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election">1991 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a> presidium and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Ramachandran on 10 December 2013 announced retirement from active politics. In his letter addressed to DMDK founder-president <a href="/wiki/Vijayakanth" title="Vijayakanth">Vijayakanth</a>, he stated that he had taken the decision as he had been maintaining indifferent health and his doctor had advised him to take rest.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He resigned from the DMDK and in February 2014 he joined the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> party.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He blamed the abnormal distance formed between the DMDK and him. After that he spoke in many Constituencies for the AIADMK Victory in 16th Lok Sahba Election. In 2005 he received <a href="/w/index.php?title=Periyar_Award&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Periyar Award (page does not exist)">Periyar Award</a> and in 2013, the Tamil Nadu government honoured him with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arignar_Anna_Award&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arignar Anna Award (page does not exist)">Arignar Anna Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_Career">Electoral Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panruti_S._Ramachandran&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Electoral Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_Elections_Contested">Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections Contested</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panruti_S._Ramachandran&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections Contested"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Elections </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Vote percentage </th> <th>Opposition Candidate </th> <th>Opposition Party </th> <th>Opposition vote percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1967_Madras_State_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election">1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panruti_Assembly_constituency" title="Panruti Assembly constituency">Panruti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td>60.82</td> <td>S. V. Vadivelu Padayachi</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a></td> <td>39.18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1971_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panruti_Assembly_constituency" title="Panruti Assembly constituency">Panruti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td>52.06</td> <td>S. V. Vadivelu Padayachi</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a></td> <td>40.96 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panruti_Assembly_constituency" title="Panruti Assembly constituency">Panruti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td>59.24</td> <td>K. Nandagopala Krishnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a></td> <td>37.83 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panruti_Assembly_constituency" title="Panruti Assembly constituency">Panruti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td>51.88</td> <td>K. Nandagopala Krishnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a></td> <td>46.65 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panruti_Assembly_constituency" title="Panruti Assembly constituency">Panruti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td>53.97</td> <td>K. Nandagopala Krishnan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a></td> <td>46.03 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panruti_Assembly_constituency" title="Panruti Assembly constituency">Panruti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">PMK</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td>37.51</td> <td>R. M. Devasudaram</td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a></td> <td>36.45 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalasapakkam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kalasapakkam Assembly constituency">Kalasapakkam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td>58.05</td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._S._Thiruvengadam" title="P. S. Thiruvengadam">P. S. Thiruvengadam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a></td> <td>35.95 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panruti_Assembly_constituency" title="Panruti Assembly constituency">Panruti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">DMDK</a></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Lost</td> <td>38.08</td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Velmurugan" title="T. Velmurugan">T. Velmurugan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">PMK</a></td> <td>38.18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alandur_Assembly_constituency" title="Alandur Assembly constituency">Alandur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">DMDK</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td>45.52</td> <td>Dr. K. Ghayathri Devi</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a></td> <td>42.10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alandur_Assembly_constituency" title="Alandur Assembly constituency">Alandur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Lost</td> <td>35.81</td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._M._Anbarasan" title="T. M. Anbarasan">T. M. Anbarasan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a></td> <td>44.64 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Panruti_S._Ramachandran&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/DMDK-is-ready-for-tie-ups-in-elections/articleshow/5429004.cms">"DMDK is ready for tie-ups in elections"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Times_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Times of India">Times of India</a></i>. 10 January 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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