K. Sundar

K. Sundar (born 5 June 1954) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu and the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu for the Uthiramerur Constituency. He's also the District Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party, for the Kanchipuram South region. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Uthiramerur constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1989,[1] 1996,[2] 2006[3],2016[4] and for the fifth time in the 2021 election.

K. Sundar
Sundar in 2019
District Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Kanchipuram (South)
Assumed office
26 December 2014
Personal details
Born
Kannan Sundar

(1954-06-05) 5 June 1954
Salavakkam, India
Tamil Nadu
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Parent(s)Father: S.C. Kannan
Mother: Thiripurasundari
Residence(s)Salavakkam, Kancheepuram Dt., Tamilnadu, India 603107
EducationBachelor of Science
Alma materPachaiyappa's College, Chennai
Occupation
  • Farmer
Websiteksundar.com

Early life and family

Sundar is the first son of S.C. Kannan and Thiripura Sundari Ammal. He was born in Salavakkam on 5 June 1954. Sundar studied at the Salavakkam High School. He completed his undergraduate course and holds a Maths degree from Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai of University of Madras. Sundar married K.S. Vasantharani on March 4, 1983 and has two children. His son is S. Vetriselvan, his daughter is Porchelvi.

Politics

His political career began when, as an 11-year-old, he started with Hindi agitation. He continued his support to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam during his college days Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai 1972. After his graduation he kept working for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Meanwhile, he also served as the Panchayat president of Salavakkam in the year 1986 and he became the Secretary for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Uthiramerur Union in 1988.

Electoral performance
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Sundar 93,427 44.38% +1.36
AIADMK V. Somasundaram 91,805 43.61% +6.7
NTK S. Kamacthi 11,405 5.42% New
AMMK R. V. Ranjithkumar 7,211 3.43% New
MNM A. Susaiappar 2,100 1.00% New
Margin of victory 1,622 0.77% -5.35%
Turnout 210,529 80.86% -2.15%
Rejected ballots 442 0.21%
Registered electors 260,367
DMK hold Swing 1.36%
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Sundar 85,513 43.02% -0.53
AIADMK P. Ganesan 73,357 36.90% -14.85
PMK N. Gangadharan 24,221 12.19% New
DMDK M. Rajendran 9,184 4.62% New
NOTA NOTA 1,647 0.83% New
Margin of victory 12,156 6.12% -2.08%
Turnout 198,773 83.00% -3.45%
Registered electors 239,472
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -8.73%

References
  1. 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 5. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  3. 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  5. "Uthiramerur Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.


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