T. M. Anbarasan

T. M. Anbarasan is an Indian politician. He is the current minister for Rural Industries, Cottage Industries, Small Industries, Slum clearance board in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Government. He is district DMK secretary of Kancheepuram. He had been elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly thrice.^[1]

T. M. Anbarasan
Cabinet Minister Government of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Minister	Minister of Rural Industries, Cottage Industries, Small Industries, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board.
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
In office 12 May 2006 – 14 May 2011
Minister	Minister for Labour Development
Chief Minister	M. Karunanidhi
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 12 May 2006 – 14 May 2011
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2016
Personal details
Born	(1960-04-21) 21 April 1960 (age 64) Kundrathur, Tamil Nadu
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	A. Tamilselvi
Children	1 son, 1 daughter
Residence(s)	No. 26, Thulukka Street, Kundrathur, Chennai - 600 069.
Occupation	Politician

Early life

Tha Mo Anbarasan was born to Textile merchant Tha. Mohalingam Sengundha Mudaliar in Kundrathur on 21 April 1960. He had finished PUC education. At his school days he joined DMK party and started his political career.^[2]

Political career

He defeated B. Valarmathi of AIADMK during the 2006 assembly election in Alandur constituency.^[3]

The elections of 2016 resulted in him winning the Alandur constituency again.^[4] He is a famous politician in Tamil Nadu.

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Alandur Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. M. Anbarasan	116,785	49.12%	+4.48
	AIADMK	B. Valarmathi	76,214	32.06%	−3.75
	MNM	Sarathbabu	21,139	8.89%	New
	NTK	Dr. R. Karthikeyan	16,522	6.95%	+5.14
	NOTA	NOTA	1,908	0.80%	−1.38
	SDPI	M. Mohammed Thameem Ansari	1,770	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			40,571	17.06%	8.23%
Turnout			237,751	61.11%	−0.63%
Rejected ballots			321	0.14%
Registered electors			389,032
	DMK hold		Swing	4.48%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. M. Anbarasan	96,877	44.64%	New
	AIADMK	Panruti S. Ramachandran	77,708	35.81%	New
	BJP	Dr. S. Sathyanarayanan	12,806	5.90%	+0.18
	DMDK	U. Chandran	12,291	5.66%	−39.86
	PMK	R. Srinivasan	7,194	3.32%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	4,727	2.18%	New
	NTK	Dhanachezhian	3,927	1.81%	New
Margin of victory			19,169	8.83%	5.41%
Turnout			216,997	61.74%	−8.33%
Registered electors			351,470
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-0.88%

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alandur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. M. Anbarasan	133,232	46.85%	New
	AIADMK	B. Valarmathi	115,322	40.55%	−7.04
	DMDK	R. Vijayakumar	22,866	8.04%	New
	BJP	H. Raja	9,298	3.27%	New
Margin of victory			17,910	6.30%	−0.04%
Turnout			284,403	65.84%	18.88%
Registered electors			431,953
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.74%

References

1. "Thiru ANBARASAN. T.M". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011.
2. Archived 3 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Valarmathi defeated by DMK's Anbarasan in Alandur". The Hindu. 13 May 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
5. "alandur Election Result". Retrieved 3 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.
7. Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.