C. Govindasamy is an Indian politician and incumbent

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. He was elected to the

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as a

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

candidate from Tiruppur constituency in

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, and

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. Govindasamy was removed from the CPI(M) in 2010 for organising a meeting to appreciate the good works of the State Government headed by

Karunanidhi Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018), also known as Kalaignar (Artist), was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He had the ...

of the

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ; DMK) is an Indian political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it is currently the ruling party, and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, where it is currently the main ...

party. During the elections in April 2011, he contested the elections from Tirupur South and lost to M. S. M. Anandan of the

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party with great influence in the Federated state, sta ...

. During election Tirupur corporation 2022. He was elected as a Ward member (46) Also 3rd Zone head of Tirupur corporation.

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Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tamil Nadu Living people Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011 Year of birth missing (living people) {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub