G. Iyappan

G. Iyappan (கோ. அய்யப்பன்) is an Indian politician and a member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. A native of Cuddalore district, his profession according to the election affidavit filed with the Election Commission is: Real Estate, Farmer. G Iyappan's educational qualifications are: Post Graduate and is 63 years old (2021).^[1] He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Cuddalore constituency in 2006^[2] and 2021.^[3] He has two sons, Dr. Praveen and Vinoth.

G. Iyappan
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 May 2021
Constituency	Cuddalore
In office May 2006 - Apr 2011
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Electoral performance

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Iyappan	84,563	46.46%	+19.53
	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	79,412	43.63%	+2.56
	NTK	V. Jaladeepan	9,563	5.25%	−1.98
	MNM	K. Anandraj	4,040	2.22%	New
	DMDK	A. Gnanapandithan	1,499	0.82%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,236	0.68%	−0.51
Margin of victory			5,151	2.83%	−11.31%
Turnout			182,001	76.35%	1.66%
Rejected ballots			391	0.21%
Registered electors			238,364
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.39%

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Iyappan	67,003	47.76%	+2.15
	AIADMK	G. Kumar	60,737	43.30%	New
	DMDK	G. V. Jayakumar	7,866	5.61%	New
	BJP	P. Sivakumar	1,803	1.29%	New
	Independent	S. Sriramulu	797	0.57%	New
	Independent	J. Srivathsan	776	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			6,266	4.47%	4.44%
Turnout			140,286	71.54%	14.95%
Registered electors			196,095
	DMK hold		Swing	2.15%