Sattur Ramachandran

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K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management
Assumed office
7 May 2021
Minister for Backward Classes
In office
2006–2011
Minister for Public Works
In office
1985–1988
Minister for Cooperation
In office
1980–1985
Member of Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2016
ConstituencyAruppukottai
In office
1989–1991
ConstituencyVilathikulam
In office
1977–1984
ConstituencySattur
In office
1991–2011
ConstituencySattur

K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran (generally known as Sattur Ramachandran) is an Indian politician and the current Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Tamil Nadu. He had also been the minister for Backward Classes between 2006 and 2011 in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, India. He has been an MLA 9 times which record he holds with senior members like Duraimurugan and K. A. Sengottaiyan among currently serving MLAs, with a political career spanning over 40 years. His full name is Kopalapuram Kanthasamy Subbu Reddiyar Ranganathan Ramachandran.[1][2]

Political career[edit]

He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly eight times and won on three consecutive occasions as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate from the Sattur constituency. After the death of M. G. Ramachandran, he won the neighbouring Vilathikulam constituency as a candidate for the AIADMK (Jayalalitha faction). He started Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Munnetra Kazhagam with Su. Thirunavukkarasar in 1989. He again won Sattur, as a candidate for the then-new Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Munnetra Kazhagam (but register as the candidate of Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam) and subsequently suffered his first defeat after re-joining and merged his party with AIADMK in 1996. Switching allegiance once more - this time to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - he won the next two elections, in 2001 and 2006.[3]

He was the Minister for Cooperation and Public Works Department in the M. G. Ramachandran Cabinet between 1984 and 1987. In M. Karunanidhi Cabinet he was appointed the Minister for Health, and later appointed the Minister for Backward class welfare between 2006 and 2011. Currently, he is the Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management.

Electoral Career[edit]

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election[edit]

Elections Constituency Party Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
1977 Sattur AIADMK Won 43.24 M. Veerasamy INC 24.35
1980 Sattur AIADMK Won 69.40 S. Saudi Sundara Barati DMK 44.10
1984 Sattur AIADMK Won 51.03 S. S. Karuppasamy DMK 44.60
1989 Vilathikulam AIADMK(J) Won 36.59 S. Kumaragurubara Ramanathan DMK 27.97
1991 Sattur TMK Won 36.59 Sannasi Karuppasamy AIADMK 27.97
1996 Sattur AIADMK Lost 36.34 Sannasi Karuppasamy DMK 43.20
2001 Sattur DMK Won 42.91 A. Rajendran INC 39.64
2006 Sattur DMK Won 49.58 G. Chockeswaran AIADMK 35.60
2011 Aruppukottai DMK Lost 44.05 Vaigaichelvan AIADMK 51.15
2016 Aruppukottai DMK Won 49.41 Vaigaichelvan AIADMK 38.46
2021 Aruppukottai DMK Won 53.18 Vaigaichelvan AIADMK 30.38

References[edit]

  1. ^ "DMK's cabinet full of foes-turned-friends". R Rangaraj. The Times of India. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ "DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin's cabinet colleagues revealed". Julie Mariappan. The Times of India. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ Will `Sattur' Ramachandran set record?
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