K. Selvaperunthagai

K. Selvaperunthagai is an Indian politician representing the party Indian National Congress. He is the president of Tamil Nadu Congress party.^[2] He served as the State Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee's section of SC Department. He is currently MLA from Sriperumbudur Constituency.^[3]

K. Selvaperunthagai
President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 February 2024
National President	Mallikarjun Kharge
Preceded by	K. S. Alagiri
Leader of Congress Legislative Party, Tamil Nadu Assembly
In office May 2021 – February 2024
Preceded by	K.R.Ramasamy
Succeeded by	S. Rajeshkumar
State Chairman, SC Department, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
In office 2012–2022
Chair Person, Public Accounts Committee, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 June 2021
Preceded by	M.K.Stalin
Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (MLA)
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2021
Preceded by	K. Palani
Constituency	Sriperumbudur
In office 11 May 2006 – 13 May 2011
Preceded by	P. Ganesan
Succeeded by	Assembly delimited as Tittakudi
Constituency	Mangalore
Member, SC/ST Welfare Committee, Government of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 July 2021
State President of BSP, Tamil Nadu
In office 11 November 2008 – 4 July 2010
Preceded by	K. Armstrong
Succeeded by	K. Armstrong
Personal details
Born	(1964-04-14) 14 April 1964 (age 61) Manimangalam, Madras State, India
Political party	Indian National Congress(Since 2010)
Other political affiliations	Bahujan Samaj Party (2008 - 2010) Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (till 2008) Puthiya Tamilagam Puratchi Bharatham Katchi
Spouse	Umayal Selvaperunthagai
Residence(s)	Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu
Alma mater	BL (Sri Venkateswara University) MA (Madras University)
Occupation	Politician, advocate

Early life

K.Sevaperunthagai was born on 14 April 1964 at Manimangalam Village, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. His parents were Kuppusamy and Rasammal.

He did his Bachelor of Law at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and MA at Madras University.

Political career

He started his political career at Puratchi Bharatham Katchi. He later joined Puthiya Tamilagam Party and got expelled in January 2001. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Mangalore constituency in the 2006 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections as a member of the party Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, After that, due to a disagreement with Thirumavalavan, he left the VCK and joined Bahujan Samaj Party on 11 November 2008 and later switched to Congress on 1 August 2010.^[4]

Member of Legislative Assembly

He is currently elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA)^[5] to the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections from Sriperumbudur Assembly constituency on behalf of the Indian National Congress and has been elected as the Leader of the Legislative Assembly of the Congress Party.^[6] On 25 June 2021, he was unanimously nominated as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.^[1] On 24 July 2021, he was appointed a member of All party SC/ST Welfare Committee, Government of Tamil Nadu by Chief Minister Thiru. M.K.Stalin.^[7]

Committee assignments of 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly^[8]

• Chairperson (2021–23) Public Accounts Committee

Electoral performances

Year	Election	Party		Constituency Name	Result	Votes gained	Vote share%
2006	Tamil Nadu Assembly Election		Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	Mangalore	Won	62,217	43.7%
2011	Tamil Nadu Assembly Election		Indian National Congress	Chengam	Lost	72,225	40.50%
2016	Tamil Nadu Assembly Election			Sriperumbudur	Lost	90,285	38.23%
2021	Tamil Nadu Assembly Election		Indian National Congress	Sriperumbudur	Won	1,15,353	43.65%

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2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	K. Selvam	62,217	43.71%
	DMK	V. Ganesan	55,303	38.85%	−9.02%
	DMDK	D. Mahadevan	15,992	11.23%
	Independent	K. Thiruvalluvan	2,462	1.73%
	BJP	R. Narentheran	2,173	1.53%
	Independent	T. Elavarasan	1,585	1.11%
Margin of victory			6,914	4.86%	3.48%
Turnout			142,349	73.42%	4.15%
Registered electors			193,879
	VCK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.16%

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	Sureshkumar T.	83,722	46.90	+34.29
	INC	K. Selvaperunthagai	72,225	40.50	−2.24
	Independent	Sureshkumar. R	8,543	4.79
	BJP	Jayaraman. A	4,465	2.50	−0.71
	Independent	Kumar. R	2,511	1.41
Margin of victory			11,497	6.45	−1.72
Turnout			2,11,656	84.25	12.98
Registered electors			1,78,325
	DMDK gain from INC		Swing	4.20

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Palani	101,001	42.77%	−16.3
	INC	K. Selvaperunthagai	90,285	38.23%	+2.93
	PMK	C. Muthuraman	18,185	7.70%	New
	VCK	M. Veerakumar	13,679	5.79%	New
	BJP	M. Manoharan	3,939	1.67%	+0.47
	NTK	B. Sivaranjini	3,441	1.46%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,956	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			10,716	4.54%	−19.22%
Turnout			2,36,142	77.10%	−4.76%
Registered electors			3,06,296
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-16.30%

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Selvaperunthagai	115,353	43.65%	+5.42
	AIADMK	Palani	1,04,474	39.53%	−3.24
	NTK	Pushparaj	22,034	8.34%	+6.88
	MNM	Thanigaivel	8,870	3.36%	New
	Independent	Vairamuthu	6,340	2.40%	New
	AMMK	Perumal	3,144	1.19%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,139	0.81%	−0.44
Margin of victory			10,879	4.12%	−0.42%
Turnout			2,64,262	74.40%	−2.70%
Rejected ballots			31	0.01%
Registered electors			3,55,198
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.88%