Mavilai Ramasamy Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Nagercoil. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] He is the former vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu.
M.R. Gandhi | |
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Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | N. Suresh Rajan |
Constituency | Nagercoil |
Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party-Tamil Nadu | |
In office 2016 - 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mavilai Ramasamy Gandhi 25 July1945 (age 78–79)[1] Kanyakumari district |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Other political affiliations | Jana Sangh |
Gandhi was born into an agricultural family in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Scott Christian College at Madurai Kamaraj University in 1967.[3] Gandhi remains unmarried.[4]
He played a pivotal role in establishing the Hindu nationalist organisation, Bharatiya Jana Sangh in Kanyakumari.[4] He was one of the leaders of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Kanyakumari district.[5]
In 1967, he was the Kanyakumari district president of Jana Sangh and in 1975 he was the Tamil Nadu state secretary of the party. He was also jailed during The Emergency.[4] He served as Tamil Nadu state BJP vice-president from 2016 and 2020,
He was assaulted by a gang with sickles when he was going for a walk on 21 April 2013 and suffered multiple injuries in this attempt to murder him.[6][7]
He unsuccessfully contested from Colachel in 1984 and Nagercoil in 2006. Gandhi contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election and won against DMK's former Minister N. Suresh Rajan by a margin of 11,669 votes.[8]
Election | Party | Constituency | Result | Votes gained | Vote % |
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1980 | Janata Party | Nagercoil | Lost | 693 | 0.96% |
1984 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Colachel | Lost | 32,996 | 38.64% |
2006 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Colachel | Lost | 29,321 | 36.75% |
2011 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Kanyakumari | Lost | 20,094 | 11.15% |
2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nagercoil | Lost | 46,413 | 26.78% |
2021 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nagercoil | Won | 88,804 | 48.21% |
Year | Election | Party | Constituency | Result | Votes gained | Vote % |
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1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nagercoil | Lost | 39,164 | 7.12% |