M. Ramachandran is an Indian politician belong to Pinnaiyur West near Orathanadu who was served as the

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(MLA) for Orathanadu constituency in the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Ramachandran was elected from the Orathanadu constituency in the 2016 state assembly elections as a candidate of the

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(DMK) party. In winning the seat, he defeated the incumbent MLA and Minister for Housing and Agriculture, R. Vaithilingam, in what was described as a giant-killing outcome. Vaithilingam had won the seat, which was largely dependent on agriculture, in the previous three elections, while Ramachandran was a late entry as a candidate in the election, being nominated by the DMK as a replacement for the party's original choice of S. S. Rajkumar in April of election year. Rajkumar, a brother of S. S. Palanimanickam, had decided that

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was the only constituency for which he was prepared to stand. Ramachandran was previously elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Thiruvonam constituency in the

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and 1996 elections. He lost the contest for the seat in

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and

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. In

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, the DMK were involved in an electoral pact which meant that he was not allowed to stand as a candidate. The party's decision to stand aside in favour of a candidate from the

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was met with protests from local supporters of Ramachandran.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Tamil Nadu MLAs 1996–2001 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 {{DMK-politician-stub