A. Johnkumar

A. Johnkumar is an Indian businessman and politician from Nellithope, Puducherry. He was the deputy chairman in the Puducherry Municipality during 2006–11.

A. Johnkumar
Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)
In office
2019
ConstituencyKamaraj Nagar
Personal details
BornJuly 5, 1965
Puducherry, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Justine
ChildrenVivilian Richards & Villiams Regan & Victoria Rina
ParentsR.S.Anthonisamy & Lourdumary
ResidenceNellithope

Johnkumar represented the Nellithope constituency of Puducherry and is a member of the Indian National Congress party. In 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, he defeated Om Sakthi Sekar of AIADMK in Nellithope by a huge margin. He was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Puducherry Chief Minister. Followed by his resignation on his constituency in the legislative Assembly to enable Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy contest a by-election before the deadline and become a member of the territorial assembly, he was appointed as Special Representative of Puducherry administration in New Delhi in January 2017. [1][2]

In 2019, JohnKumar contested and won the assembly byelection in Kamaraj Nagar constituency in Puducherry by a huge margin.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "John Kumar makes way for Narayanasamy". The Hindu. 16 September 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. "John Kumar quits post to pave way for CM". The Times Of India. 15 September 2016.
  3. "Congress Wins Kamraj Nagar Seat". NDTV. 24 October 2019.
  4. "Congress's Johnkumar wins from Kamaraj Nagar". The Week. 24 October 2019.
  5. "Congress candidate wins Kamaraj Nagar assembly byelection". The Times Of India. 24 October 2019.
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