Thangam Thennarasu

Thangam Thennarasu (born 3 June 1966) is an Indian politician and the Minister for Department of Industries, Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology Minister of Tamil nadu. He served as Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu during 2006-2011. He was born in Mallankinaru, Tamil Nadu. He has a bachelor's degree in Engineering. He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly five times.^[2] He is the son of the former Member of Legislative Assembly from Aruppukottai, V. Thangapandian

Thangam Thennarasu

Minister of Department of Industries, Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology Government of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
Preceded by	M. C. Sampath K. Pandiarajan
Tamil Nadu Minister for School Education
In office May 2006 – May 2011
First Minister	M. Karunanidhi
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2011
Preceded by	None (new seat)
Constituency	Tiruchuli
In office May 1998 – May 2001
Preceded by	V. Thangapandian
Succeeded by	K. K. Sivasamy
Constituency	Aruppukottai
In office May 2006 – May 2011
Preceded by	K. K. Sivasamy
Succeeded by	Vaigaichelvan
Constituency	Aruppukottai

Personal details
Born	(1966-06-03) 3 June 1966 (age 56) Mallankinaru, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Relations	V. Thangapandian (Father) Thamizhachi Thangapandian (Sister)^[1]
Website	THANGAM THENARASU

He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Aruppukottai constituency in 1997/98 by-election, and 2006 election.^[3]^[4] He is the younger brother of recently elected Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, from the Chennai South constituency, Thamizhachi Thangapandian.

Ministerial roles

Thennarasu, whose father was V. Thangapandian, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government minister,^[5] himself because Minister for Schools in the DMK government that gained power at the 2006 state assembly elections.

Thennarasu stood as a candidate in the newly-created constituency of Tiruchuli for the 2011 elections.

He filed a case in the court against the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to form an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in construction of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly-secretariat complex

Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
1997–98 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election	Aruppukottai	DMK	Won	36.50	V.S. Panchavarnam	ADMK	34.73^[6]^{[circular reference]}
2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Aruppukottai	DMK	Lost	40.32	SIVASAMY K.K.	ADMK	46.07^[7]
2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Aruppukottai	DMK	Won	44.88	MURUGAN.K	ADMK	37.77^[8]
2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Tiruchuli	DMK	Won	54.36	ESAKKI MUTHU	ADMK	41.07^[9]
2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Tiruchuli	DMK	Won	53.61	DINESH BABU, K.	ADMK	37.77^[10]
2021 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Tiruchuli	DMK	Won	59.15	S. Rajasekar	ADMK	23.86^[11]

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^ Thangam Thenarasu profile at TN government website
^ 1998 Tamil Nadu assembly By-election
^ 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
^ Kolappan, B. (21 April 2016). . The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016.
^ "1997–98 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election".
^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2001 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU".
^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2006 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU".
^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2011 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU".
^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2016, Election Commission of India".
^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021, Election Commission of India".