R. Senthilkumar (born 1981) is an Indian politician from

Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to: * Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India ** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry ta ...

. He is a member of the

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from Bahour Assembly constituency in

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. He won the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election representing the

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

Early life and education

Kumar is from

Bahour Bahour is a town, Commune, Taluk and Assembly Constituency in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It consists of four non-contiguous areas, including three of the nine true enclaves of Puducherry. It is home to the second largest and pe ...

, Puducherry district. He is the son of Ramanadhan. He completed his MS, BE, LLB at

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. His wife looks after business.

Career

Kumar won from

Bahour Assembly constituency Bahour is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Bahour assembly constituency is part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 ...

representing Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election. He polled 11,789 votes and defeated his nearest rival, N. Dhanavelou of the

All India N.R. Congress All India N.R. Congress (abbr. AINRC) is a regional political party formed by the Chief Minister of Puducherry, N. Rangaswamy in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. He announced the party formation on 7 February 2011 in the party's he ...

, by a margin of 201 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Senthilkumar, R. 1981 births Living people Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Puducherry MLAs 2021–2026 People from Puducherry district Drexel University alumni