Party Name : Tamil Manila Congress (Moopanar)
Constituency : Tiruchirappalli
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : 1984 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) 1984-89 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways 1985-90 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation 1988-89 Member, C.W.C., Tamil Nadu 1989 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) 1991 Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time 1991-96 Member, Committee on Petitions Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing Industries Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fourth time
Special Interests : Social service, cultural programmes and industrial development
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Gardening, music and games
Sports and Clubs : Football and Badminton; President of a number of sports and cultural organisations
Countries Visited : Australia, Brazil, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, U.A.E. and U.S.A.
Other Information : Member, Silk Board, 1985-88
Election Result : Tiruchirapalli Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 10,70,053 Total votes polled 7,20,232 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates : (1) Shri Lourdasamy Adaikalaraj [T.M.C. (M)] 4,34,149 (2) Shri K. Gopal (I.N.C.) 1,69,441 (3) Shri T.K. Rangarajan [C.P.I. (M)] 52,185 (4) Shri D. Dhanabalan (B.J.P.) 14,778
