B. John Pandian is an advocate, social worker and an Indian politician from

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. He founded the

Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil People's Progressive Federation) is a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 2000. History The party was founded by B. John Pandian in 2000. It is a caste-based political ...

party in 2000.

Political career

He was initially part of

Pattali Makkal Katchi The Pattali Makkal Katchi (; PMK) is a caste-based political party in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 to provide political representation for the Vanniyar caste, a community found throughout Northern Tamil Nadu. It is a ...

party since 1989, holding the post of Youth Wing Secretary. He contested the

1989 Indian general election General elections were held in India on 22 and 26 November 1989 to elect the members of the ninth Lok Sabha. The incumbent Indian National Congress (Indira) government under the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi lost its mandate, even though it was ...

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as PMK candidate in 1989 and also contested the

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The tenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 15 June 1991. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) – Indian National Congress (INC) alliance won the elections in a landslide manner and AIADMK general secreta ...

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and securing the second place surpassing the DMK candidate. He formed the

party in 2000. The party joined

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alliance in 2001 and got allotted one seat. John Pandian contested

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The twelfth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 10 May 2001. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led front won the elections and its general secretary, J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister, even though ...

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and lost the seat by a slender margin of 86 votes. He contested the

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The Fourteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members from 234 constituencies in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Results were released on 13 May 2011. Two major parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All In ...

as independent candidate in

as the party opted to contest unaligned. He contested the

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The AIADMK under J. J ...

as independent candidate in

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, citing differences in

. Then, He joined the NDA alliance in 2017. He then advocated for the merger of six sub castes in Scheduled Caste list and a naming of them as "Devendrakula Velalar". Then he also proposed for the delisting of those sub sects into Other Backward Class. With the name change and merging successful, he contested the

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The Sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election was held on 6 April 2021, to elect Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), representatives from the List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 234 constituencies in ...

as a candidate in

constituency again. But post the elections, he left the

citing differences over seat sharing in the election. As a part of NDA alliance, he was nominated to contest the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency seat in Lotus symbol.

Elections Contested

Lok Sabha Elections Contested

Tamilnadu State Legislative Assembly Elections Contested

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandian, B. John 1955 births Living people People from Tenkasi district