Panruti S. Ramachandran | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Public Works, Electricity and Iron & Steel | |
| In office 1978–1987 | |
| Minister for Transport | |
| In office 1971–1976 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1967–1989 1991–1996 | |
| Constituency | Panruti |
| In office 2011- 2014 | |
| Constituency | Alandur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1937-11-10)10 November 1937 (age 87) Panruti,Madras Presidency,British India |
| Political party |  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(2014–2022) (1977–1991) |
| Other political affiliations |  DMDK(2005–2013) PMK(1991–2005) DMK (Till 1977) |
Panruti S. Ramachandran (born 10 November 1937) is an Indian politician and formerMember of the Legislative Assembly ofTamil Nadu.
He served as the party presidium chairman ofDMDK till 2013.[1]
Ramachanrdran was born in a village named Puliyurkaattusaagai inPanruti taluk,Cuddalore District. He is the only son of Sankaradevan and Chinnapillai. He did his schooling in St. David High School atCuddalore Old Town.[citation needed]
After SSLC, he joinedAnnamalai University for hisPUC and later graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (honours degree in B.E). Thereafter, he joined theTamil Nadu Electricity Board as Assistant Engineer atArni, NorthArcot.[citation needed]
Ramachandran was theDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) student secretary while at Annamalai University. As a secretary, he organised DMK meetings atArignar Anna 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.
He started his political career as a DMK member. He was the Minister for Transport of Tamil Nadu during 1971–77. He later joinedAnna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK). He has won six assembly elections contesting fromPanruti constituency.[2]
He was elected to theTamil Nadu legislative assembly fromPanruti constituency as aDravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in1967, and1971 elections as anAnna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in1977,1980, and1984 elections and as aPattali Makkal Katchi candidate in1991 election.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
The chairman of theDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 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-presidentVijayakanth, he stated that he had taken the decision as he had been maintaining indifferent health and his doctor had advised him to take rest.[citation needed] He resigned from the DMDK and in February 2014 he joined theAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.[9] 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 receivedPeriyar Award and in 2013, the Tamil Nadu government honoured him withArignar Anna Award.[10]
| Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election | Panruti | DMK | Won | 60.82 | S. V. Vadivelu Padayachi | INC | 39.18 |
| 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Panruti | DMK | Won | 52.06 | S. V. Vadivelu Padayachi | INC | 40.96 |
| 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Panruti | AIADMK | Won | 59.24 | K. Nandagopala Krishnan | JP | 37.83 |
| 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Panruti | AIADMK | Won | 51.88 | K. Nandagopala Krishnan | DMK | 46.65 |
| 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Panruti | AIADMK | Won | 53.97 | K. Nandagopala Krishnan | DMK | 46.03 |
| 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Panruti | PMK | Won | 37.51 | R. M. Devasudaram | AIADMK | 36.45 |
| 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Panruti | DMDK | Lost | 38.08 | T. Velmurugan | PMK | 38.18 |
| 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Alandur | DMDK | Won | 45.52 | Dr. K. Ghayathri Devi | INC | 42.10 |
| 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Alandur | AIADMK | Lost | 35.81 | T. M. Anbarasan | DMK | 44.64 |