K. Ramachandran (born 9 August 1951) is an Indian politician and the Minister for Forests in

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

. He was born in

Coonoor Coonoor (), is a taluk and a municipal town of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 45,494. The town sits at the south-east corner of the Nilgiri plateau, and at the head of the Coonoo ...

. He was elected to the

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as a

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 ...

(DMK) candidate from Gudalur constituency in 2006 and from Coonoor constituency in 2011 and 2021. He also served as the Minister for Khadi of Tamil Nadu from 2006-2011 in the Cabinet of Dr. M. Karunanidhi. The Coonoor seat had long been held by the DMK but supporters of Ramachandran were incensed that he was deselected for the

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and threatened to rebel. The new candidate was B. M. Mubarak, who had also been given the post of district secretary of the party in Nilgiris after Ramachandran had been removed from it in 2014. The DMK lost the seat.

Elections Contested

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections

References

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu Living people 1951 births Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011 People from Coonoor Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026 {{DMK-politician-stub