S. Kathiravan

Manachanallur S. Kathiravan (born 12 October 1975) is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Manachanallur as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2021. He is from reddiar community.^[1][2]

Manachanallur S. Kathiravan
Kathiravan in 2023
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 May 2021
Preceded by	M. Paranjothi
Succeeded by	M. Parameswari
Constituency	Manachanallur
Personal details
Born	(1975-10-12) 12 October 1975 (age 49)
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Ananthalakshmi Kathiravan
Parents	A. Srinivasan (father) S. Dhanalakshmi (mother)

Early life

Kathiravan was born to A. Srinivasan and S. Dhanalakshmi on 12 October 1975. He was the last child for his parents. He has 3 elder sisters.

Personal life

His father A. Srinivasan is the founder of Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Groups. They own medical colleges, hospitals, engineering colleges, schools, sugar mills, chit funds, transports, hotels. He completed his Engineering degree in PSNA College.

He was married to Ananthalakshmi Kathiravan, the couple have 2 children.

Political career

He joined Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in 2021. Within one month of time he got the ticket from Manachanallur Assembly constituency to contest as a DMK candidate. He defeated the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate ex minister M. Paranjothi with a highest margin of 59,618 votes.

Elections contested

Election	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote %	Runner-up	Runner-up Party	Runner-up vote %	Ref.
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Manachanallur	DMK	Won	59.46%	M. Paranjothi	ADMK	28.99%	[1]

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
2. "Manachanallur Election Result". Retrieved 1 May 2022.