T. M. Anbarasan
Indian politician (born 1960)
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T. M. Anbarasan is an Indian politician. He is the former minister for Rural Industries, Cottage Industries, Small Industries, Slum clearance board in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Government. He is district DMK secretary of Kancheepuram. He had been elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly thrice.[1]
T. M. Anbarasan | |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Minister Government of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 7 May 2021 – 5 May 2026 | |
| Minister | Minister of Rural Industries, Cottage Industries, Small Industries, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board. |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| In office 12 May 2006 – 14 May 2011 | |
| Minister | Minister for Labour Development |
| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi |
| Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 12 May 2006 – 14 May 2011 | |
| In office 19 May 2016 – 4 May 2026 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1960 Kundrathur, Tamil Nadu |
| Party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Spouse | A. Tamilselvi |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Occupation | Politician |
Early life
Tha Mo Anbarasan was born to Textile merchant Tha. Mohalingam Sengundha Mudaliar in Kundrathur on 21 April 1960. He had finished PUC education. At his school days he joined DMK party and started his political career.[2]
Political career
He defeated B. Valarmathi of AIADMK during the 2006 assembly election in Alandur constituency.[3]
The elections of 2016 resulted in him winning the Alandur constituency again.[4]
Electoral performance
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T. M. Anbarasan | 116,785 | 49.52% |  4.88 | |
| AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | 76,214 | 32.32% |  3.49 | |
| MNM | Sarathbabu | 21,139 | 8.96% | New | |
| NTK | Dr. R. Karthikeyan | 16,522 | 7.01% | 5.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,908 | 0.81% | 1.37 | |
| SDPI | M. Mohammed Thameem Ansari | 1,770 | 0.75% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 40,571 | 17.20% | 8.37 | ||
| Turnout | 238,072 | 61.18% | 0.57 | ||
| Total valid votes | 235,843 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 321 | 0.13% | 0.12 | ||
| Registered electors | 389,118 | 10.71 | |||
| DMK hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T. M. Anbarasan | 96,877 | 44.64% | 9.56 | |
| AIADMK | Panruti S. Ramachandran | 77,708 | 35.81% | 8.57 | |
| BJP | Dr. S. Sathyanarayanan | 12,806 | 5.90% | New | |
| DMDK | U. Chandran | 12,291 | 5.66% | 4.50 | |
| PMK | R. Srinivasan | 7,194 | 3.32% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,727 | 2.18% | 0.07 | |
| NTK | Dhanachezhian | 3,927 | 1.81% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 19,169 | 8.83% | 0.47 | ||
| Turnout | 217,027 | 61.75% | 2.52 | ||
| Total valid votes | 216,997 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 30 | 0.01% | 2.12 | ||
| Registered electors | 351,470 | 12.24 | |||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.26 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Dhansingh | 105,631 | 52.70 | New | |
| DMK | T. M. Anbarasan | 88,257 | 44.03 | New | |
| Loktantrik Samajwadi | R. Kumar | 1,082 | 0.54 | New | |
| BSP | B. Rajappa | 1,074 | 0.54 | New | |
| IJK | R. Samesudoss | 1,052 | 0.52 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 17,374 | 8.67 | |||
| Turnout | 277,671 | 72.19 | |||
| Registered electors | 200,455 | ||||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T. M. Anbarasan | 133,232 | 46.85% | New | |
| AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | 115,322 | 40.55% | New | |
| DMDK | R. Vijayakumar | 22,866 | 8.04% | New | |
| BJP | H. Raja | 9,298 | 3.27% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 17,910 | 6.30% | 0.04 | ||
| Turnout | 284,421 | 65.85% | 18.89 | ||
| Total valid votes | 284,403 | ||||
| Registered electors | 431,953 | 2.07 | |||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.74 |
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