I. Periyasamy Explained
| Office: | Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Minister: | Minister of Rural Development and Panchayats |
| Term Start: | 14 Dec 2022 |
| Term End: | Incumbent |
| Governor: | R.N. Ravi |
| Predecessor: | K.R. Periyakaruppan |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | M. K. Stalin |
| Minister1: | Minister for Revenue and Housing |
| Term Start1: | 2006 |
| Term End1: | 2011 |
| Minister2: | Minister for Small Industries and Noon Meal |
| Term Start2: | 1996 |
| Term End2: | 2001 |
| Office3: | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start3: | 2006 - present
1989 - 1991
1996 - 2001 |
| Office4: | Deputy General Secretary of DMK |
| Term Start4: | 9 January 2015 |
| Predecessor7: | Durai Murugan |
| I. Periyasamy |
| Birth Place: | Batlagundu, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India |
I. Periyasamy is an Indian politician who serves as the Rural Development Minister of Tamil Nadu[1] [2] and the former minister for Co-Operation from 2021 to 2022; Revenue and Housing under the DMK regime from 2006 to 2011. He was born in Batlagundu on 6 January 1953.[3] His son I. P. Senthil Kumar is an MLA of Palani constituency in Tamil nadu.
Elections Contested and Results
| Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % |
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| 1989 | Athoor | DMK | | 32.22 | N Abdul Kadhar | INC | 29.01[4] |
| 1991 | Athoor | DMK | | 29.81 | S M Durai | AIADMK | 68.74[5] |
| 1996 | Athoor | DMK | | 64.09 | C Chinnamuthu | AIADMK | 24.92[6] |
| 2001 | Athoor | DMK | | 46.36 | P K T Natarajaan | AIADMK | 49.13[7] |
| 2006 | Athoor | DMK | | 53.2 | C Sreenivasan | AIADMK | 34.68[8] |
| 2011 | Athoor | DMK | | 59.58 | S Balasubramani | DMDK | 31.08[9] |
| 2016 | Athoor | DMK | | 53.10 | Natham R Viswanathan | AIADMK | 41.26[10] [11] |
| 2021 | Athoor | DMK | | 72.11 | Thilagabama M | PMK | 13.15 |
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Political career
- 1986-1991 Chairman, Batlagundu Union
- 1989-1991 member of Tamilnadu legislative assembly
- 1996-2001 Minister for small industries and noon meal in Tamil nadu government
- From 2006 to 2011 Minister for Revenue and Housing in Tamil Nadu government.
- Elected in 2011 Legislative Assembly election From Athoor. 2011-2016 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in opposition party
- Elected in 2016 Legislative Assembly election From Athoor.
- From 2016 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
- From 2021 Minister of Co-operation, Government of Tamilnadu.
Notes and References
- Web site: DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin’s cabinet colleagues revealed . . Julie Mariappan . 6 May 2021 . 6 May 2021.
- Web site: DMK’s I Periyasamy records highest victory margin in Assembly polls . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205841/https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/05/04042814/1291986/DMKs-I-Periyasamy-records-highest-victory-margin-in-.vpf . dead . 6 May 2021 . Daily Thanthi . 4 May 2021 . 6 May 2021.
- http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=196 Periyasamy profile in TN government website
- Web site: Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1989. 1989. 254. Election Commission of India. 10 November 2013.
- Web site: Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1991. 1991. 27. Election Commission of India. 10 November 2013.
- Web site: Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1996. 1996. 261. Election Commission of India. 10 November 2013.
- Web site: Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2001. 2001. 257. Election Commission of India. 10 November 2013.
- Web site: Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2006. 2006. Election Commission of India. 10 November 2013.
- Web site: Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2001. 2011. 36. Election Commission of India. 10 November 2013.
- News: The verdict 2016. The Hindu. Chennai. 6. 19 May 2016.
- News: Green cover. 2. The Times of India. Chennai. 19 May 2016.
