en P. G. Rajendran

P. G. Rajendran is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly from Alangulam constituency.^[1] He was previously elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from the same Alangulam constituency in 2001 election.^[2]

He is called as PGR with the known people. He is from village called Thayarthoppu (near Surandai) from Tirunelveli District. He contested for Assembly twice in Alangulam and won on both occasions, first time -2001 defeated Aladi Aruna (former law minister), second time-2011 defeated Pongathai (former IT minister as well daughter of Aladi Aruna).

Electoral performance

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alangulam^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. G. Rajendran	78,098	47.29%	+6.31
	DMK	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	77,799	47.11%	+1.07
	BJP	S. Sudalaiyandi	2,664	1.61%	+0.01
	BSP	E. Murugesan	1,234	0.75%	−4.15
	Independent	N. Rajendran	1,099	0.67%	New
	Independent	S. Thanga Raja	1,058	0.64%	New
	Independent	R. Ramalingam	924	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			299	0.18%	−4.88%
Turnout			165,134	81.02%	7.23%
Registered electors			203,826
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.25%

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alangulam^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. G. Rajendran	58,498	48.95%	*New*
	DMK	Aladi Aruna	54,387	45.51%	−0.59
	MDMK	S. S. Krishnasamy	3,320	2.78%	−9.58
	Independent	S. Vaikuntam	1,561	1.31%	New
	Independent	P. Ravi Kumar	821	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			4,111	3.44%	−17.58%
Turnout			119,509	65.37%	−7.55%
Registered electors			182,877
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.85%

References

^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

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[1] "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

[2] 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India

[3] Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[4] Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

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