Manickam Tagore

Manickam Tagore is an Indian politician and current Member of the Parliament of India, representing Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. He is a Whip of Congress Party in Lok Sabha.^[2]

Manickam Tagore
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 June 2019
Leader of the House	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	T. Radhakrishnan
Constituency	Virudhunagar
In office 1 June 2009 – 18 May 2014
Leader of the House	Pranab Mukherjee Sushilkumar Shinde
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	T. Radhakrishnan
Constituency	Virudhunagar
Chairperson – Madurai Airport Advisory Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 June 2019
Preceded by	T. Radhakrishnan
In office 1 June 2009 – 18 May 2014
Preceded by	N. S. V. Chitthan
Succeeded by	T. Radhakrishnan
AICC Incharge for Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee & Andaman and Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 December 2023
Preceded by	AP - Oommen Chandy
Member, AICC Screening Committee for Delhi Municipal Elections
In office 2016–2017
Member, AICC Screen Committee for Lok Sabha Elections in West Bengal, Bihar and Assam
In office 2014–2016
Personal details
Born	(1975-06-01) 1 June 1975 (age 49)[1] Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Subhasini Manickam ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	2
Occupation	Politician

He earlier represented the constituency ^[3] in the 15th Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party.

Positions held

Year	Positions
1994	District General Secretary, NSUI
1995	Member, State NSUI
1996	General Secretary, NSUI, Tamil Nadu
1997	General Secretary, All India NSUI
1999	Vice President, All India NSUI
2003 and 2005	General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress
2006	Chairman, Central Election Authority
2008	Election Commissioner, Indian Youth Congress
2009	Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
	Member, Standing Committee on Finance
	Member, National Board on Micro and Medium Enterprises
	Member, Consultative Committee on Civil Aviation
2013	Member, AICC Screening Committee for Chhattisgarh Assembly Election
2014	Member, AICC Screen Committee for Lok Sabha Elections in West Bengal, Bihar and Assam
	Member, Screening Committee for Haryana Assembly Election
2016	Member, AICC Screening Committee for Delhi Municipal Elections
2017–2020	AICC Secretary, In charge to Karnataka
2019	Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term)[4]
	Whip of Congress MPs in Lok Sabha
	Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personal, Law & Justice
	Member, House Committee, Lok Sabha
	Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Lok Sabha
	Member, Consultative Committee on Civil Aviation
2020– 4 January 2023[5]	AICC Incharge for Telangana Congress[6]
2020-Present	Permanent Invitee, Congress Working Committee
2024–Present	Re-elected to 18th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
	Whip of Congress MPs in Lok Sabha

Electoral Career

Lok Sabha Elections Contested

Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
2009 Indian general election	Virudhunagar	INC	Won	40.02	Vaiko	MDMK	37.96
2014 Indian general election	Virudhunagar	INC	Lost	3.80	T. Radhakrishnan	ADMK	40.20
2019 Indian general election	Virudhunagar	INC	Won	43.77	R. Alagarsamy	DMDK	29.40
2024 Indian general election	Virudhunagar	INC	Won	36.28	V. Vijaya Prabhakaran	DMDK	35.87

References

1. Manickam Tagore B. (2021). "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
2. "Congress retains Gaurav Gogoi, K Suresh as Lok Sabha deputy leader, chief whip". Hindustan Times. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024. The Congress has also renominated Manickam Tagore as a whip while it has brought its Kishanganj MP Md. Jawaid as another whip in the Lok Sabha
3. "Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha Elections" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
4. The New Indian Express (25 May 2019). "Manickam Tagore to represent Virudhunagar for a second time". Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
5. The Hindu (4 January 2023). "Manikrao Thakre replaces Manickam Tagore as AICC incharge in Telangana". Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
6. The Times of India (12 September 2020). "Manickam Tagore new Congress general secretary in Telangana". Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.