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P. R. Natarajan
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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P. Ramaswamy Natarajan (born 21 December 1950) is an India politician who served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore constituency of Tamil Nadu and the leader of the CPI(M) parliamentary party from 2019-2024. He served as MP from Coimbatore twice making him a senior leader of Tamil Nadu CPI(M) party.
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Personal life
P. R. Natarajan was born to P. V. Ramaswamy Iyer and Mangalambal at Gobichettipalayam[1] on 21 December 1950. He has completed his B.A. from Pachaiyappa's College, Madras University.[1] P. R. Natarajan is married to R. Vanaja. They got married on 5 April 1981.
Political career
He was elected to Lok Sabha from Coimbatore Lok Sabha Constituency, Tamil Nadu in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after defeating C. P. Radhakrishnan of BJP by over 1.79 Lakh votes.[2] P. R. Natarajan has secured about 571,150 votes in this election.[3] P. R. Natarajan from Coimbatore along with S. Venkatesan from Madurai were the two Communist Party of India (Marxist) MPs from Tamil Nadu in 17th Lok Sabha. P. R. Natarajan was also a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, when he defeated R. Prabhu of Indian National Congress in 2009, with a margin of over 35000 votes.[4]
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Electoral Performances
He has contested a total of three times, and has won in 2009 and 2019.
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