N. Rangaswamy
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N. Rangasamy | |
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Pondicherry | |
In office March 2000 – October 2001 | |
Chief Minister | P. Shanmugam |
President of All India N.R. Congress | |
Assumed office 7 February 2011 | |
General Secretary | Vacant |
Preceded by | position created |
Leader of House, Puducherry Legislative Assembly | |
Personal details | |
Born | Natesan Krishnasamy Gounder. Rangasamy 4 August 1950 All India NR Congress (2011—present) |
Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance (2011–present) Indian National Congress (1990 - 2011) |
Parent(s) | Father : Natesan Krishnasamy Gounder Mother : Panjali Ammal |
Residence(s) | No 9, Vinayagar Koil Street, Thilaspet, Puducherry, India |
Natesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy (born 4 August 1950) is an Indian politician who is the
Early life
Rangasamy was born on 4 August 1950 in
Prior to entering politics (before 1990), he served as an assistant to the Minister of Puducherry V Pethaperumal.
His first election was the contest at Thattanchavady constituency in 1990, he lost against V. Pethaperumal JD got 9,503 votes and N. Rangasamy got 8,521 votes.
He won the 1991 assembly election with an overwhelming majority and was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Co-operation. He was again re-elected to the same constituency in 1996. During 2000, he had adorned the office of the Minister for Tourism, Education, Public Works, Civil Aviation and Art & Culture. In the 2001 Assembly Election, he won from the Thattanchavady constituency and assumed office as Minister for Public Works, Agriculture and Forest. In the same year, he assumed office of the
Political career
- Elected Member of Legislative Assembly from Thattanchavadyassembly constituency in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2021 and from Indiranagar in 2011 and 2016 and from Kathirkamam in 2011.
- 1991 – Elected to Vidhan Sabha as a member of Indian National Congress.
- 1991 - Appointed Agriculture Minister
- 1996 – MLA
- 2000 – Education Minister
- 2001 to 2008 : Chief minister, as a member of Indian National Congress
- 2011 - Quit Congress and founded his own party.
- 2011 to 2016 – Chief Minister of Puducherry, as a President of All India N. R. Congress
- 2016 to 2021 – Leader of the Opposition
- 2021 to present - Chief Minister of Puducherry, as Leader of NDA Alliance in Puducherry.
During his first tenure as Chief Minister, various path breaking schemes for socio-economic development were implemented like ‘Perunthalaivar Kamarajar’ Housing Scheme for making the
Chief Minister of Puducherry
In Puducherry he was always called as People chief minister (makkal mudhalvar) due to noteworthy achievements in education including free education through good government schools, old age pension scheme, free reimbursements for professional and non-professional college students. He laid the foundation for the first government medical college at Kathirkamam. His welfare schemes include distribution of wheat through PDS for the poor diabetics who have crossed the age of 60, a
Elections contested and results
Year | Constituency | Result | vote | opponent | vote | margin |
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1990 | Thattanchavady | Lost | 8521 | V. Pethaperumal | 9503 | 982 |
1991 | Thattanchavady | Won | 12,545 | V. Pethaperumal | 5285 | 7260 |
1996 | Thattanchavady | Won | 9989 | V. Pethaperumal | 7699 | 2290 |
2001 | Thattanchavady | Won | 14,323 | V. Pethaperumal | 8769 | 5554 |
2006
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Thattanchavady | Won | 27,024 | T. Gunasekaran | 2026 | 24,998 |
2011 | Kadirgamam | Won | 16,323 | V. Pethaperumal | 6566 | 9757 |
2011 | Indira Nagar | Won | 20,685 | V. Aroumougam A.K.D | 4008 | 16,677 |
2016 | Indira Nagar | Won | 15,463 | V. Aroumougam A.K.D. | 12,059 | 3404 |
2021 | Lost | 16,475 | Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok | 17,131 | 656 | |
2021 | Thattanchavady
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Won | 12,978 | K. Sethu @ Sethu Selvam | 7522 | 5456 |
References
- ^ "N Rangasamy". www.oneindia.com. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Rangasamy's clean image helped him humble Congress in Puducherry". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Independent wins Yanam assembly seat | Visakhapatnam News - Times of India".
- ^ "Yanam Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok of IND Wins". 2 May 2021.
- ^ "என்.ஆர், காங்கிரஸ் தலைவர் ரங்கசாமி ஏனாம் தொகுதியில் தோல்வி || NR congress rangasamy loss yanam constituency". 2 May 2021.