P. Benjamin

Category:Use dmy dates from September 2019 Category:Use Indian English from September 2019Category:All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English P. Benjamin is an Indian politician in Assembly of Tamil Nadu 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He was elected from the Maduravoyal constituency as a candidate of the AIADMK.

Jayalalithaa appointed Benjamin as Minister for School Education in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post in the Government of Tamil Nadu.[1]

Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduravoyal[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Ganapathy 121,298 44.64 New
AIADMK P. Benjamin 89,577 32.97 −7.15
MNM S. Padma Priya 33,401 12.29 New
NTK G. Ganeshkumar 21,045 7.74 +5.26
AMMK E. Lucky Murugan 2,660 0.98 New
NOTA NOTA 2,146 0.79 −1.89
Margin of victory 31,721 11.67 8.29
Turnout 271,724 60.34 −1.47
Registered electors 450,296
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 4.52
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduravoyal[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Benjamin 99,739 40.12 New
INC R. Rajesh 91,337 36.74 New
CPI(M) G. Beem Rao 19,612 7.89 −44.2
PMK N. V. Srinivasan 17,328 6.97 −32.2
NOTA NOTA 6,655 2.68 New
NTK M. Vasu 6,181 2.49 New
IJK R. Anandapriya 4,582 1.84 New
Margin of victory 8,402 3.38 −9.53
Turnout 248,597 61.81 −7.18
Registered electors 402,205
AIADMK gain from CPI(M) Swing -11.97

References

  1. ↑ "Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet to be sworn in on May 23". The Hindu. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Maduravoyal Election Result". Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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