K. P. Shankar

Tiruvotriyur K P Shankar is a social worker, businessman, and Indian politician and a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Tiruvottiyur constituency in 2021.^[1][2] He served as a Councillor of the Greater Chennai Corporation ward No.5 at Tiruvottiyur Zone and represents the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He is the brother of former DMK MLA K.P.P.Samy.

K. P. Shankar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Constituency	Thiruvottiyur
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)	S. Kasthuri S. Sridevi
Children	P. S. Dhileepan P. S. Aravindan S. Ishwarya S. Soundarya
Residence(s)	186-A, K.V.K Kuppam, Thiruvottiyur, Chennai - 600019.

He was removed from the post of the party's Tiruvottiyur West area secretary after he had reportedly attacked a city corporation engineer who was overseeing road-laying work in his constituency.^[3]

Electoral performance

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. P. Shankar	88,185	44.34%	+1.09
	AIADMK	K. Kuppan	50,524	25.40%	−15.29
	NTK	Seeman	48,597	24.43%	+22.35
	MNM	D. Mohan	7,053	3.55%	New
	AMMK	M. Soundara Pandian	1,417	0.71%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,111	0.56%	−0.98
Margin of victory			37,661	18.94%	16.38%
Turnout			198,885	64.99%	−1.93%
Rejected ballots			81	0.04%
Registered electors			306,004
	DMK hold		Swing	1.09%

Sources

• Election Commission of India
• K.P.Shankar(DMK):Constituency- THIRUVOTTIYUR(THIRUVALLUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:
• Thiruvottiyur Election Result 2021 LIVE: DMK's KP Shankar wins against AIADMK's K Kuppan
• Thiruvottiyur, Tamil Nadu Assembly election result 2021