I. Periyasamy

I. Periyasamy
I. Periyasamy
Cabinet Minister ; Government of Tamil Nadu
	In office; 14 Dec 2022 – Incumbent
Minister	Minister of Rural Development and Panchayats
Governor	R.N. Ravi
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
Preceded by	K.R. Periyakaruppan
	In office; 2006–2011
Minister	Minister for Revenue and Housing
	In office; 1996–2001
Minister	Minister for Small Industries and Noon Meal
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2006 - present; 1989 - 1991; 1996 - 2001
Deputy General Secretary of DMK
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 January 2015
Preceded by	Durai Murugan
Personal details
Born	6 January 1953 (age 72); Batlagundu, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India

I. Periyasamy is an Indian politician who serves as the Rural Development Minister of Tamil Nadu^[1]^[2] and the former minister for Co-Operation from 2021 to 2022; Revenue and Housing under the DMK regime from 2006 to 2011. He was born in Batlagundu on 6 January 1953.^[3] His son I. P. Senthil Kumar is an MLA of Palani constituency in Tamil nadu.

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Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote %
1989	Athoor	DMK	Won	32.22	N Abdul Kadhar	INC	29.01^[4]
1991	Athoor	DMK	Lost	29.81	S M Durai	AIADMK	68.74^[5]
1996	Athoor	DMK	Won	64.09	C Chinnamuthu	AIADMK	24.92^[6]
2001	Athoor	DMK	Lost	46.36	P K T Natarajaan	AIADMK	49.13^[7]
2006	Athoor	DMK	Won	53.2	C Sreenivasan	AIADMK	34.68^[8]
2011	Athoor	DMK	Won	59.58	S Balasubramani	DMDK	31.08^[9]
2016	Athoor	DMK	Won	53.10	Natham R Viswanathan	AIADMK	41.26^[10]^[11]
2021	Athoor	DMK	Won	72.11	Thilagabama M	PMK	13.15

Elections Contested and Results