Arul Ramadas is a politician from Salem, Tamil Nadu. He started his political career as a cadre and held various offices in Pattali Makkal Katchi. He is currently serving as Salem district secretary of PMK.
Arul Ramadas | |
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Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly | |
Assumed office 2021 | |
Preceded by | G. Venkatachalam |
Constituency | Salem West |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 August 1971 |
Political party | Pattali Makkal Katchi |
He was elected as a Member of the State Legislature from Salem West constituency in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[1] He launched a website to communicate with his constituency voters and people to keep in touch with them and he is the first MLA in India to launch mobile MLA office in which he meets people at their own place to avoid people’s discomfort and personally ask people's problems.[2]
Electoral performance
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PMK | Arul Ramadas | 105,483 | 49.07% | ||
DMK | A. Rajendran | 83,984 | 39.07% | 2.77% | |
NTK | S. Nagammal | 10,668 | 4.96% | 4.28% | |
MNM | A. Thiyagarajan | 7,939 | 3.69% | ||
DMDK | Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj | 2,307 | 1.07% | −3.35% | |
NOTA | Nota | 1,683 | 0.78% | −0.75% | |
Margin of victory | 21,499 | 10.00% | 6.42% | ||
Turnout | 214,945 | 71.74% | −2.91% | ||
Rejected ballots | 507 | 0.24% | |||
Registered electors | 299,605 | ||||
PMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 9.19% |
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