G. Ragupathi

G. Ragupathy is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (MLA). Ragupathy contested and won the Katpadi Assembly constituency in the 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election on behalf of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.^[1][2]

G. Ragupathy
Member-Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 1985–1989
Preceded by	N. A. Poongavanam
Succeeded by	Durai Murugan
Constituency	Katpadi
Personal details
Born	(1937-04-20)20 April 1937 Thondaiman Thulasi
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Residence(s)	Tamil Nadu,  India
Occupation	Politician

Electoral Performance

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Ragupathi	53,077	57.08%	New
	DMK	Durai Murugan	36,839	39.62%	New
	Independent	T. K. Somasundaram	1,195	1.29%	New
	Independent	R. G. S. Mahalingam	983	1.06%	New
	Independent	K. P. Santhanaraj	894	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			16,238	17.46%	9.78%
Turnout			92,988	75.73%	18.09%
Registered electors			127,249
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	10.60%