Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Coimbatore
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
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Positions Held : 1959-62 Member, General Council, D.M.K. 1962-96 Member, Executive Council, D.M.K. 1970-76 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Council 1970-73 Member, Estimates Committee, Tamil Nadu Legislature 1972-96 Member, Auditing Committee and Trust, D.M.K. 1984-86 and 1989-91 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1985-86 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1989-90 Chairman, Estimates Committee, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1992-96 President, D.M.K., District Coimbatore 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Social and Cultural Activities : Upliftment of the poor, adivasis; struggle against social evils
Special Interests : Social work and literary reading
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Reading classical books and participating in debates
Other Information : Imprisoned several times for participation in political agitations
Election Result : Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 13,17,110 Total votes polled 8,48,217 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Shri M. Ramanathan (D.M.K.) 4,63,807 (2) Shri C.K. Kuppuswamy (I.N.C.) 2,01,020 (3) Shri P.R. Natarajan [C.P.I. (M)] 85,355 (4) Shri K.S. Natarajan (B.J.P.) 43,289
