Party Name : Tamil Manila Congress (Moopanar)
Constituency : Arakkonam
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
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Positions Held : 1971 Member, Congress Party 1973-1984 President, Town Congress Committee, Sholinghur, Distt. North Arcot Ambedkar 1980 Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) 1996 Member, T.M.C. (M) 1996 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Social and Cultural Activities : Upliftment of the downtrodden, assistance to needy poor and social institutions, promotion of education
Special Interests : Industries, commerce, foreign travels, film industry, transport and shipping
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Reading, travelling and photography
Sports and Clubs : Member, Cosmopolitan Club, Chennai
Countries Visited : Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Russia and Thailand
Election Result : Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 10,34,646 Total votes polled 7,57,483 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates : (1) Shri A.M. Velu [T.M.C. (M)] 4,25,974 (2) Shri R. Raviram (I.N.C.) 1,61,129 (3) Shri N. Venugopal [A.I.I.C. (T)] 80,714 (4) Shri Jayakaran Joseph (J.D.) 31,703