K. Sundar

Kannan Sundar (born 5 June 1954) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu for the Uthiramerur Constituency. He's also the District Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party, for the Kanchipuram South region. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Uthiramerur constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1989,^[1] 1996,^[2] 2006,^[3] 2016^[4] and for the fifth time in the 2021 election.

Kannan Sundar
Sundar in 2019
District Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Kanchipuram (South)
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 December 2014
Personal details
Born	Kannan Sundar (1954-06-05) 5 June 1954 (age 71) Salavakkam, India Tamil Nadu
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Parent(s)	Father: S.C. Kannan Mother: Thiripurasundari
Residence(s)	Salavakkam, Kancheepuram Dt., Tamilnadu, India 603107
Education	Bachelor of Science
Alma mater	Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai
Occupation	Farmer
Website	ksundar.com

Early life and family

Sundar is the first son of S.C. Kannan and Thiripura Sundari Ammal. He was born in Salavakkam on 5 June 1954. Sundar studied at the Salavakkam High School. He completed his undergraduate course and holds a Maths degree from Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai of the University of Madras. Sundar married K.S. Vasantharani on March 4, 1983 and has two children. His son is S. Vetriselvan, his daughter is Porchelvi.

Politics

His political career began when, as an 11-year-old, he started with Hindi agitation. He continued his support to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam during his college days at Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai 1972. After his graduation he kept working for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Meanwhile, he also served as the Panchayat president of Salavakkam in the year 1986 and he became the Secretary for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Uthiramerur Union in 1988.

Electoral performance

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthiramerur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	93,427	44.38%	+1.36
	AIADMK	V. Somasundaram	91,805	43.61%	+6.7
	NTK	S. Kamacthi	11,405	5.42%	New
	AMMK	R. V. Ranjithkumar	7,211	3.43%	New
	MNM	A. Susaiappar	2,100	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			1,622	0.77%	−5.35%
Turnout			210,529	80.86%	−2.15%
Rejected ballots			442	0.21%
Registered electors			260,367
	DMK hold		Swing	1.36%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthiramerur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	85,513	43.02%	−0.53
	AIADMK	P. Ganesan	73,357	36.90%	−14.85
	PMK	N. Gangadharan	24,221	12.19%	New
	DMDK	M. Rajendran	9,184	4.62%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,647	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			12,156	6.12%	−2.08%
Turnout			198,773	83.00%	−3.45%
Registered electors			239,472
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.73%

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthiramerur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	70,488	48.75%	+13.4
	AIADMK	V. Somasundaram	58,472	40.44%	−16.04
	DMDK	D. Murugesan	10,335	7.15%	New
	Independent	K. K. Venkatesan	2,070	1.43%	New
	Independent	R. Lakshimi Narasiman	1,043	0.72%	New
	BJP	T. Rajavelu	1,010	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			12,016	8.31%	−12.82%
Turnout			144,596	79.25%	12.68%
Registered electors			182,455
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.73%

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthiramerur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Somasundaram	73,824	56.48%	+30.09
	DMK	K. Sundar	46,202	35.35%	−17.5
	MDMK	G. Radha Krishnan	2,668	2.04%	−0.71
	Independent	C. Ravi Chandran	2,499	1.91%	New
	Independent	T. Tamil Vendan	2,399	1.84%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	D. Parvendan	1,293	0.99%	New
	Independent	V. Managa	834	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			27,622	21.13%	−5.33%
Turnout			130,716	66.57%	−7.38%
Registered electors			196,375
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.63%

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthiramerur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	66,086	52.84%	+27.23
	AIADMK	N. K. Gnanasekaran	32,994	26.38%	−29.07
	PMK	V. Kamalambal	19,143	15.31%	New
	MDMK	K. P. Janakiraman	3,446	2.76%	New
	Independent	Gv. Mathiazhagan	1,401	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			33,092	26.46%	−3.38%
Turnout			125,058	73.95%	3.36%
Registered electors			176,287
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.61%

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthiramerur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kanchi Panneerselvam	63,367	55.46%	+33.09
	DMK	K. Sundar	29,273	25.62%	−9.09
	PMK	R. Viswanathan	20,552	17.99%	New
Margin of victory			34,094	29.84%	17.50%
Turnout			114,265	70.59%	9.30%
Registered electors			166,439
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.75%

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthiramerur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	31,304	34.71%	−4.89
	AIADMK	P. Sundar Raman	20,175	22.37%	−34.84
	INC	Era. Anbarasu	12,057	13.37%	New
	Independent	R. Selvaraj	12,019	13.33%	New
	AIADMK	S. Jagathrakshakan	8,921	9.89%	−47.32
	Independent	A. V. Devraj	2,307	2.56%	New
	Independent	C. Elumalai	1,784	1.98%	New
	Independent	K. M. Elango	473	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			11,129	12.34%	−5.27%
Turnout			90,191	61.29%	−16.52%
Registered electors			150,706
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-22.50%