T. K. S. Elangovan Explained

TKS Elangovan
Birth Date:1954 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Thanjavur
Term Start:30 June 2016
Term End:29 June 2022
Constituency:Tamil Nadu
Office2:Member of Parliament
Constituency2:Chennai North
Term2:2009-2014
Predecessor2:C. Kuppusami
Successor2:T. G. Venkatesh Babu
Occupation:Member of Parliament
Spouse:Nalini Elangovan
Children:2 daughters

T. K. S. Elangovan (Tamil: தி.கோ.சீ இளங்கோவன்) (born 30 August 1954 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Tamil Nadu[1] as a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[2] He was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Chennai North.[3] He is also the Organisation Secretary of DMK. He is the son of Late TK Srinivasan also popularly known as Thathuva Medhai TK Srinivasan (Ex Rajya Sabha MP).

Political career

He was actively participating in politics since school days. He became the Organisation Secretary of DMK after quitting his job. He was elected Member of Parliament in May 2009.

In June 2016, he was announced as the party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha biennial polls. On 3 June 2016 he was elected unopposed along with R. S. Bharathi.[4]

Personal life

Elangovan belongs to DMK. His daughter Madhavi is married to actor John Vijay.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Piyush Goyal, Chidambaram, Suresh Prabhu, Sharad Yadav elected to Rajya Sabha . . 3 June 2016 . 24 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Rajya Sabha Members Page. 18 March 2022.
  3. Web site: National Portal of India.
  4. Web site: 26 Rajya Sabha members elected unopposed in six states (Roundup) - Times of India . timesofindia.indiatimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160616005540/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/26-Rajya-Sabha-members-elected-unopposed-in-six-states-Roundup/articleshow/52577769.cms . 2016-06-16.