R. Kumaraguru

R. Kumaraguru is an Indian politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Ulundurpet constituency. He has been elected as a member of legislative assembly for the third consecutive time since 2006 assembly elections. He defeated the Vijayakanth, founder of DMDK party during 2016 assembly elections. He represents the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.[1] As an AIADMK candidate in the 2006 elections, he was elected as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Thirunavalur assembly constituency which was eliminated during the constituency reorganization. Later, 2011 to 2016 he contested the Ulundurpet assembly election for the second time in 2016 and won as a member of the assembly after 2016 to 2021. In this election, he defeated the leader of the opposition party, the leader of the DMDK Party of India, Vijayakanth and third time winner of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in Ulundurpet constituency.[citation needed] He later contested the Ulundurpet assembly constituency from 2021 to 2026 on behalf of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam against DMK and lost by a margin of 5,256 votes and 2.17%.[citation needed]

Posts

Constituency Year Party Result
Tirunavalur 2006 2011 AIADMK MLA
Ulundurpet 2011 2016 AIADMK MLA
Ulundurpet 2016 2021 AIADMK MLA

Achievement

Personal life

Elections contested and positions held

Electoral Constituency Party Result Votes % Runner Up Party Result Vote % Note
2006 Tirunavalur AIADMK Win 45.49 V.S.Veerapandiyan DMK Failure 40.57
2011 Ulundurpet AIADMK Win 60.09 Muhammed Yusaf VCK Failure 32.08
2016 Ulundurpet AIADMK Win 36.04 A.R.Vasanthavel DMK Failure 34.21
2021 Ulundurpet AIADMK Failure 45.00 A.J.Manikkannan DMK Win 47.17

References

  1. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
  2. ^ News, T. T. D. "KUMARAGURU MLA – TTD News". Retrieved 10 August 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Shukla, G. p (26 February 2022). "TTD to construct a SV temple in Ulundurpet in Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs. 4 crores". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. ^ "உளுந்தூர்பேட்டையில் ஏழுமலையான் கோயில் கட்ட 4 ஏக்கர் நிலம் ரூ.3 கோடி நன்கொடை வழங்கினார் குமரகுரு எம்எல்ஏ". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  5. ^ "CM Edappadi K Palaniswami launches cattle park in Salem, says it's Asia's largest | Salem News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Kumaraguru, R., AIADMK MLA from Ulundurpet – Our Neta". Retrieved 10 August 2022.