V. C. Chandhirakumar

Chandhirakumar was born in Erode to R. Chokkalingam. He studied till class X at Sengunthar Higher Secondary School, and passed the S.S.L.C. examinations in 1982. He is involved in real estate business.^[1]

Chandhirakumar served as a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, representing the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, from 2011 to 2016.^[2] He won the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election from the Erode East Assembly constituency after defeating his nearest rival S. Muthusamy of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) by a margin of 10,644 votes.^[3] He lost the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election from the same constituency to K. S. Thennarasu of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) by a margin of 7,794 votes.^[4] He later shifted to the DMK, and won from the same constituency, in the by-elections held in February 2025.^[5][6] He won the by-elections by a margin of 91,558 votes over his nearest rival M.K. Seethalakshmi of the Naam Tamilar Katchi, after the major opposition parties including the AIADMK boycotted the election.^[7]