C. V. Shanmugam

C. Ve. Shanmugam
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
30 June 2022
ConstituencyTamil Nadu
Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons,
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
23 May 2016 – 6 May 2021
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded byS. P. Velumani
Succeeded byS. Regupathy
Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration,
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
19 January 2012 – 3 October 2012
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
Preceded byAgri S. S. Krishnamurthy
Succeeded byB. V. Ramanaa
Minister for School Education,
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
16 May 2011 – 18 January 2012
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
Preceded byThangam Thennarasu
Succeeded byAgri S. S. Krishnamurthy
Minister for Education,
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
2 March 2002 – 12 May 2006
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
Preceded byM. Thambidurai
Succeeded byK. Ponmudy
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
16 May 2011 – 6 May 2021
Preceded byK. Ponmudy
Succeeded byR. Lakshmanan
ConstituencyVillupuram
In office
14 May 2001 – 15 May 2011
Preceded byR. Sedunathan
Succeeded byD. Haridoss
ConstituencyTindivanam
Personal details
Born (1965-05-01) 1 May 1965 (age 59)
Tindivanam, Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

C. Ve. Shanmugam is an Indian politician and currently he is a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Tamil Nadu. He is a four time MLA and senior Minister from AIADMK party in Tamilnadu. He was a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Villupuram constituency. As a cadre of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, he was previously elected to the Tindivanam constituency in 2001 and 2006 elections. He also served as the state's Minister of Education, Law and Commercial Taxes from 2003 to 2006 and from 2011 to 2013 under the leadership of the Chief Minister Jayalalitha. His father was a previous member of the parliament for the Vandhavasi constituency. [1]

He served as the party district secretary for 10 years. He won the 2016 elections in Villupuram constituency again and was appointed Minister of Law and Prisons. In 2017 he was again made a district secretary of AIADMK for Villupuram district.

He contested again in Viluppuram constituency but he was defeated by 14,868 votes by R. Lakshmanan.[1][2][3] He was arrested on 7 April 2022 for protesting against the cancellation of many subsidy schemes in Tamil Nadu.[4] He also insisted that upper house of the Parliament change the name of the Madras high court to Tamilnadu High court in the winter session of the Rajya Sabha held on 7 December 2023.

Elections contested

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Elections Contested and Results
Year Constituency Result
2001 Tindivanam Won
2006 Tindivanam Won
2011 Villupuram Won
2016 Villupuram Won
2021 Villupuram Lost

References

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  1. ^ 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  2. ^ 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  3. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2013.
  4. ^ http://www.dtnext.in/amp/story/tamilnadu/2022/04/07/aiadmk-ex-minister-c-ve-shanmugam-arrested-in-villupuram [bare URL]