C. V. Shanmugam Explained

C. Ve. Shanmugam
Office:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Term Start:30 June 2022
Constituency:Tamil Nadu
Office1:Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons,
Government of Tamil Nadu
Term Start1:23 May 2016
Term End1:6 May 2021
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:J. Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Predecessor1:S. P. Velumani
Successor1:S. Regupathy
Office2:Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration,
Government of Tamil Nadu
Term Start2:19 January 2012
Term End2:3 October 2012
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:J. Jayalalithaa
Predecessor2:Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy
Successor2:B. V. Ramanaa
Office3:Minister for School Education,
Government of Tamil Nadu
Term Start3:16 May 2011
Term End3:18 January 2012
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
1Namedata3:J. Jayalalithaa
Predecessor3:Thangam Thennarasu
Successor3:Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy
Office4:Minister for Education,
Government of Tamil Nadu
Term Start4:2 March 2002
Term End4:12 May 2006
1Blankname4:Chief Minister
1Namedata4:J. Jayalalithaa
Predecessor4:M. Thambidurai
Successor4:K. Ponmudy
Office5:Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Term Start5:16 May 2011
Term End5:6 May 2021
Predecessor5:K. Ponmudy
Successor5:R. Lakshmanan
Constituency5:Villupuram
Term Start6:14 May 2001
Term End6:15 May 2011
Predecessor6:R. Sedunathan
Successor6:D. Haridoss
Constituency6:Tindivanam
Birth Date:1 May 1965
Birth Place:Tindivanam, Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu
Party:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

C. Ve. Shanmugam is an Indian politician and currently he is a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Tamil Nadu. He is a four time MLA and senior Minister from AIADMK party in Tamilnadu. He was a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Villupuram constituency. As a cadre of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, he was previously elected to the Tindivanam constituency in 2001 and 2006 elections. He also served as the state's Minister of Education, Law and Commercial Taxes from 2003 to 2006 and from 2011 to 2013 under the leadership of the Chief Minister Jayalalitha. His father was a previous member of the parliament for the Vandhavasi constituency. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C.Ve.Shanmugam.jpg

He served as the party district secretary for 10 years. He won the 2016 elections in Villupuram constituency again and was appointed Minister of Law and Prisons. In 2017 he was again made a district secretary of AIADMK for Villupuram district.

He contested again in Viluppuram constituency but he was defeated by 14,868 votes by R. Lakshmanan.[1] [2] [3] He was arrested on 7 April 2022 for protesting against the cancellation of many subsidy schemes in Tamil Nadu.[4] He also insisted that upper house of the Parliament change the name of the Madras high court to Tamilnadu High court in the winter session of the Rajya Sabha held on 7 December 2023.

Elections contested

Elections Contested and Results!Year!Constituency!Result
2001TindivanamWon
2006TindivanamWon
2011VillupuramWon
2016VillupuramWon
2021VillupuramLost

Notes and References

  1. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  2. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  3. Web site: List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu . Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130402043414/http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf . 2013-04-02 .
  4. http://www.dtnext.in/amp/story/tamilnadu/2022/04/07/aiadmk-ex-minister-c-ve-shanmugam-arrested-in-villupuram