Durai Murugan

Durai Murugan (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is the Minister for Water Resources under the government of M. K. Stalin since 2021. He is the general secretary of the DMK since 9 September 2020. He graduated in MA and BL and is an advocate by profession. He is a very close confidant 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
Leader of the House, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 May 2021
Governor	Banwarilal Purohit R. N. Ravi
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
Preceded by	O. Panneerselvam
Cabinet Minister Government of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Minister	Irrigation Projects including small Irrigation Legislative Assembly Governor and Ministry Elections and Passports Minerals and Mines Water Resources
Governor	Banwarilal Purohit R. N. Ravi
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
4th General Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 September 2020
President	M. K. Stalin
Preceded by	K. Anbazhagan
Treasurer of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 28 August 2018 – 3 September 2020
President	M. K. Stalin
General Secretary	K. Anbazhagan
Preceded by	M. K. Stalin
Succeeded by	T. R. Baalu
Principal Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 9 January 2015 – 27 August 2018
President	M. Karunanidhi
General Secretary	K. Anbazhagan
Preceded by	Arcot N. Veeraswami
Succeeded by	K. N. Nehru
In office 2 June 2003 – 26 December 2008
President	M. Karunanidhi
General Secretary	K. Anbazhagan
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Arcot N. Veeraswami
Deputy General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 27 December 2008 – 8 January 2015
General Secretary	K. Anbazhagan
Preceded by	M. K. Stalin
Succeeded by	I. Periyasamy
Cabinet Minister Government of Tamil Nadu
In office 2009–2011
Minister	Law
Chief Minister	Karunanidhi
In office 2006–2009
In office 1996–2001
In office 1989–1991
Minister	Public Works Department
Chief Minister	Karunanidhi
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1996
Preceded by	K. M. Kalaiselvi
Constituency	Katpadi
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by	G. Ragupathi
Succeeded by	K. M. Kalaiselvi
Constituency	Katpadi
In office 1977–1984
Preceded by	K. A. Wahab
Succeeded by	M. Kadirvelu
Constituency	Ranipet
In office 1971–1977
Preceded by	G. Natarajan
Succeeded by	M. A. Jayavelu
Constituency	Katpadi
Personal details
Born	(1938-07-01) 1 July 1938 (age 87)[1] Gudiyatham, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Gudiyatham, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India)
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Santhakumari
Children	Kathir Anand (only son)
Residence(s)	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Katpadi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Durai Murugan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971 and has been elected ten 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.^{[citation needed][2]}

He was divested of the Public Works Department portfolio on 13 July 2009.^[3]

He was re-elected from the Katpadi constituency in the elections of 2016.^[4]

He currently resides in Kotturpuram, Chennai.^{[citation needed]} He was born in 1938 in Gudiyatham, North Arcot, Madras Presidency (now Vellore District, Tamil Nadu) to Duraisamy and Thavasi Ammal. He belongs to the Vanniyar community, a numerically-large caste found throughout Northern Tamil Nadu. He is married to Santhakumari and has one son, Kathir Anand, who has served as the MP from Vellore since 2019.

Elections contested and results

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections

Year	Constituency	Party		Votes	%	Opponent	Opponent Party		Opponent Votes	%	Result	Margin	%
2021	Katpadi		DMK	85,140	46.18	V Ramu		AIADMK	84,394	45.78	Won	746	0.40
2016				90,534	50.90	Appu S.R.K			66,588	37.44	Won	23,946	13.46
2011				75,064	49.55				72,091	47.59	Won	2,973	1.96
2006				86,824	57.45	Narayanan.B			51,677	34.19	Won	35,147	23.26
2001				64,187	49.47	Natarajan A.K.		PMK	56,185	43.30	Won	8,002	6.17
1996				75,439	61.20	Pandurangan.K		AIADMK	34,432	27.93	Won	41,007	33.27
1991				36,866	33.02	K.M. Kalaiselvi			63,005	56.43	Lost	-26,139	-23.41
1989				43,181	43.41	Margabandu R			23,344	23.47	Won	19,837	19.94
1984				36,839	39.62	G. Ragupathi			53,077	57.08	Lost	-16,238	-17.46
1980	Ranipet			44,318	53.70	Renu. N			37,064	44.91	Won	7,254	8.79
1977				31,940	43.53	Wahab K.A.		IND	16,643	22.68	Won	15,297	20.85
1971	Katpadi			37,487	57.79	Dhandayuthapani		INC(O)	20,919	32.25	Won	16,568	25.54