B. John Pandian

He was initially part of Pattali Makkal Katchi party since 1989, holding the post of Youth Wing Secretary.^[2] He contested the 1989 Indian general election in Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency as PMK candidate in 1989 and also contested the 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in Mudukulathur Assembly constituency and securing the second place surpassing the DMK candidate.^[3]

He formed the Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam party in 2000. The party joined AIADMK-led Alliance alliance in 2001 and got allotted one seat. John Pandian contested 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in Egmore and lost the seat by a slender margin of 86 votes.^[4]

He contested the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as independent candidate in Mudukulathur and Nilakkottai as the party opted to contest unaligned.^[5]

He contested the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as independent candidate in Tiruvadanai Assembly constituency, citing differences in AIADMK-led Alliance.^[6]

Then, He joined the NDA alliance in 2017. He then advocated for the merger of six sub castes in Scheduled Caste list and a naming of them as "Devendrakula Velalar". Then he also proposed for the delisting of those sub sects into Other Backward Class.^[7] With the name change and merging successful, he contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as a candidate in Egmore constituency again. But post the elections, he left the AIADMK-led Alliance citing differences over seat sharing in the election.^[8][9]

As a part of NDA alliance, he was nominated to contest the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency seat in Lotus symbol.^[10]