Party Name : Tamil Manila Congress (Moopanar)
Constituency : Vandavasi
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : 1961-74 President, Village Panchayat, Mottuppalayam Vellore, Distt. North Arcot 1961-65 and 1970-71 Chairman, Panchayat Council, Kaniyambadi, Distt. North Arcot 1967-71 and 1980-84 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Member, Public Accounts Committee, Business Advisory Committee, Committee on Government Assurances, Estimates Committee and Joint Select Committee on Pollution and Cooperatives, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1968-74 Member, C.W.C. and P.C.C., Tamil Nadu 1968-81 President, D.C.C., Distt. North Arcot 1968-91 Member, A.I.C.C. (I) 1972-78 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Whip, Congress Legislative Party and its Secretary thrice 1981-85 General Secretary, P.C.C. (I), Tamil Nadu 1984 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) Member Committee on Government Assurances Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1989 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) 1990-91 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Tourism 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
Social and Cultural Activities : Actively involved in spiritual and temple-related activities
Special Interests : Rural development, Panchayati Raj, social and religious reading, cultivation and public services
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Farming and reading
Countries Visited : Denmark, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore and Swedan
Other Information : President (i) Cooperative Society, Motuppalayam, Vellore, Distt. North Arcot, 1962-69, and (ii) Ex-Servicemen Cooperative Timber Works Ltd., 1975-80; Director (i) Cooperative Society, Kaniyambadi, 1963-70; (ii) North Arcot District Cooperative Sugar Mills, 1963-68; (iii) Cooperative Land Mortgage Bank, Vellore 1963-71; and (iv) The Vellore Cooperative Central Bank; Member (i) Southern Railway Advisory Board; (ii) Divisional Railway Users' Consultative Committee, Trichy; and (iii) Telecommunications Advisory Sub-Committee for Madras Telecommunication Area; participated in the peasant movement in 1972
Election Result : Vandavasi Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 10,31,471 Total votes polled 7,17,844 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates : (1) Shri L. Balaraman [T.M.C. (M)] 3,42,184 (2) Shri M. Krishnaswamy (I.N.C.) 1,68,880 (3) Shri P. Senthamizhselvan (P.M.K.) 1,06,388 (4) Shri A. Chinnadurai (M.D.M.K.) 39,449
