K. Murugaiyan

K. Murugaiyan is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India. He was a bonded labourer.[2]

K. Murugaiyan
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Nagapattinam
In office
1979–1980
Preceded byS.G. Murugaiyan
Succeeded byThazai M. Karunanidhi
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of India
ResidenceNaduvakalappal Post, Mannargudi taluk[1]

K. Murugaiyan was elected to the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) from the Nagapattinam seat a June 1979 by-election.[3] The by-election had been called after the murder of the incumbent CPI parliamentarian S.G. Murugaiyan.[3]

K. Murugaiyan lost the Nagapattinam seat in the 1980 Indian general election.[4] He finished in second place with 49.02% of the votes.[4] He was close to regaining the seat in the 1984 Indian general election, finishing in second place with 49.53% of the votes.[5]

References

  1. India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (2003). Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 336.
  2. Kathleen Gough (June 1989). Rural change in southeast India: 1950s to 1980s. Oxford University Press. p. 470.
  3. Indian and Foreign Review. Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1978. p. 125.
  4. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1980 TO THE SEVENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS) Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1984 TO THE EIGHT LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS) Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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