Cumbum N. Ramakrishnan
Born (1949-07-30) July 30, 1949
Cumbam, Theni district, Tamil Nadu

N. Ramakrishnan (born 30 July 1949) is an Indian politician and a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Cumbum constituency. He represents the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party and has previously represented the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK).

N. Ramakrishnan was born on 30 July 1949 in Cumbum. He has a master's degree and is married with two children.[1]

N. Ramakrishnan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Cumbum in 1989 as a DMK candidate. The seat changed hands in the 1991 elections and it was not until those of 2006 that he was re-elected, this time as a candidate for MDMK. He returned to the DMK and won the seat in a by-election in 2009, followed by success in the 2011 state elections. He lost to S. T. K. Jakkaiyan in 2016.[2] He won the seat back in the 2021 state election.

In April 2012, Ramakrishnan was one of four DMK MLAs suspended from the legislature for ten days after they had staged a walk-out and shouted slogans at the Speaker, D. Jayakumar.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Thiru N. Eramakrishnan (DMK)". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cumbum (Tamil Nadu) Election Results". Infobase. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "4 DMK members suspended from House". The Hindu. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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