Durai Murugan

Durai Murugan (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is the general secretary of the DMK party since March 29, 2020. He graduated in M.A. and B.L. and is an advocate by profession. He is a very close confidante to former DMK Supremo M. Karunanidhi and his son DMK President M. K. Stalin. He also worked as Treasurer, Principal Secretary and Deputy General secretary of the DMK party.

Durai Murugan
General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Inaugural HolderC. N. Annadurai
Preceded byK. Anbazhagan
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
25 May 2016
LeaderM. K. Stalin
Treasurer of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
28 August 2018  Incumbent
Inaugural HolderV. R. Nedunchezhiyan
Preceded byM. K. Stalin
Principal Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
10 January 2015  27 August 2018
Minister of Public Works (Government of Tamil Nadu)
In office
2006–2009
In office
1996–2001
In office
1989–1991
Minister of Law
In office
2009–2011
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1977–1984
ConstituencyRanipet
In office
1971-1977,1989-1991,1996-
ConstituencyKatpadi
Personal details
Born (1938-07-01) 1 July 1938
Gudiyatham, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Gudiyatham, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India)
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)D. Santhakumari
ChildrenD. M. Kathir Anand
ResidenceChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Katpadi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Durai Murugan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971 and has been elected nine times since. He was elected from the Katpadi constituency in 2006. After the 2006 assembly elections, Durai Murugan was appointed Minister for Public Works in the Government of Tamil Nadu.

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He was divested of the Public Works Department portfolio on 13 July 2009.[2]

He was re-elected from the Katpadi constituency in the elections of 2016.[3]

He currently resides in Kotturpuram, Chennai.

Elections Contested and Results

Elections Constituency Party Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionKatpadiDMKWon57.79DHANDAYUTHAPANINCO32.25[4]
1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionRanipetDMKWon43.53WAHAB K.A.Independent22.68[5]
1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionRanipetDMKWon53.70RENU. NADMK44.91[6]
1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionKatpadiDMKLost39.62G. RAGHUPATHIADMK57.08[7]
1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionKatpadiDMKWon43.41MARGABANDU, RADMK23.47[8]
1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionKatpadiDMKLost33.02K.M. KALAISELVIADMK56.43[9]
1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionKatpadiDMKWon61.20PANDURANGAN, KADMK27.93[10]
2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionKatpadiDMKWon49.47NATARAJAN A.K.PMK43.30[11]
2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionKatpadiDMKWon49.55NARAYANAN.BADMK47.59[12]
2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionKatpadiDMKWon49.55APPU S.R.KADMK47.59[13]
2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly electionKatpadiDMKWon50.90APPU S.R.KADMK37.44[14]
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