A. Vetriazhagan

A. Vetriazhagan is a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly representing the Villivakkam constituency in the 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly.^[1][2] He is the grandson of Perasiriyar K. Anbazhagan who was the finance minister of Tamil Nadu in M. Karunanthi's ministry.^[3]

A. Vetriazhagan
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 May 2021
Preceded by	B. Ranganathan
Constituency	Villivakkam
Personal details
Born	(1978-09-11) 11 September 1978 (age 46)
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	V. Valarnila
Relations	Perasiriyar K. Anbazhagan (Grandfather)
Children	Aadhaavan Vetriazhagan
Parent	A. Anbuchelvan (father) V. Kalyani (mother)
Alma mater	Dav Mogapair, Don bosco, B.E (Electronics and Communication Engineering) From Anna University, MBA from Annamalai University, Chennai
Occupation	Social entrepreneur, businessman, educationalist, politician
Website	www.dawnschool.in

Early life

Born on 11 September 1978, A. Vertiazhagan completed his schooling at Don Bosco, Egmore and higher secondary at DAV Mogappair. He completed his B.E. Electronics & Communication from Anna University, Chennai followed by an MBA from Annamalai University.

Social Contributions

Mr. Vetriazhagan contested the prestigious Senate Constituency of Madras University to be elected for Pachaiyappas Trust Board and got elected in the year 2009 as Trustee from the Madras University and as Financial Trustee in the Board Member Election. Consecutively, he won the Board Elections and got elected as Financial Trustee for a total period of three terms and served the position of FT (Financial Trustee) from 2009 – 2012. He resigned in the year 2012 from Pachaiyappas Trust Board.

Electoral performance

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Vetriazhagan	76,127	53.37%	+9.41
	AIADMK	J. C. D. Prabhakar	38,890	27.26%	−10.48
	MNM	Sriharan	13,364	9.37%	New
	NTK	R. Sridar	10,914	7.65%	+5.65
	NOTA	NOTA	1,444	1.01%	−1.26
	DMDK	D. Subamangalam	1,094	0.77%	−4.72
Margin of victory			37,237	26.10%	19.89%
Turnout			142,648	55.88%	−4.00%
Rejected ballots			881	0.62%
Registered electors			255,278
	DMK hold		Swing	9.41%

Offices Held/Holding

• MLA from Villivakkam constituency (from May 2021 to present) on the 16th Assembly of TN
• Financial trustee of Pachaiyappa's trust board from 2009 – 2012
• Senate Member of Madras University – presently serving
• Founder AV Group
• Managing trustee of AV Educational trust