Nalini Manokaran
Indian politician
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Nalini Manokaran is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Tamil Nadu. She hails from Kuppam village in the Tiruvannamalai district. Having completed her education up to the tenth grade, she is a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.[1] She contested and won the 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election from the Polur Assembly constituency to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
Nalini Manokaran | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly-Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 2001–2006 | |
| Preceded by | A. Rajendran |
| Succeeded by | P. S. Vijayakumar |
| Constituency | Polur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 October 1965 Chennai |
| Party | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Profession | Farmer |
Electoral Performance
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Nalini Manokaran | 59,678 | 51.31% | New | |
| DMK | C. Elumalai | 48,871 | 42.02% | −13.43 | |
| Independent | J. Jayachandran | 2,524 | 2.17% | New | |
| MDMK | A. Karthikeyan | 1,896 | 1.63% | New | |
| Puratchi Bharatham | J. Bhaskar | 1,647 | 1.42% | New | |
| Independent | M. Durairaj | 1,002 | 0.86% | New | |
| Independent | M. Muniappan | 680 | 0.58% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 10,807 | 9.29% | |||
| Turnout | 116,298 | 66.23% | −4.75% | ||
| Registered electors | 175,601 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -4.14% | |||