M. Jaganmoorthy

M . Jagan Moorthy (born 10 May 1966) is an Indian politician and social activist of Tamilnadu. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly from K. V. Kuppam of Tamil Nadu. He is the current President of the Puratchi Bharatham party (PBK). Moorthy became the president of the PBK on 7 September 2002, with the unanimous support of many senior party executives.

M. Jagan Moorthy
Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Preceded by	G. Loganathan
Constituency	K. V. Kuppam
In office 2006–2011
Preceded by	K. Bhavani Karunakaran
Succeeded by	S. Ravi
Constituency	Arakkonam
President of Puratchi Bharatham Katchi
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2002
Preceded by	Poovai M. Moorthy
Personal details
Born	(1966-05-10) 10 May 1966 (age 59) Andersonpettai, Poonamallee, Madras State (now in Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu), India
Political party	Puratchi Bharatham Katchi

In the 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, he made alliance with DMK front and contested Arakkonam constituency. He supported AIADMK in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. He continued his alliance with AIADMK in 2021 Tamilnadu Elections and he contested K. V. Kuppam constituency of Tamil Nadu and won in 2021 elections.

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Kilvaithinankuppam Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvaithinankuppam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Jaganmoorthy	84,579	49.08%	3.32%
	DMK	K. Seetharaman	73,997	42.94%	3.08%
	NTK	J. Divya Rani	10,027	5.82%	5.34%
	NOTA	Nota	1,798	1.04%	−0.16%
	DMDK	P. Dhanaseelan	1,432	0.83%	−1.69%
	RPPRINAT	K. Elavarasan	547	0.32%
	IJK	K. Venkatasamy	519	0.30%
	BSP	D. Pushpalatha	519	0.30%	0.02%
	Independent	S. Selva Chenguttuvan	331	0.19%
	Independent	E. P. Elanchezhiyan	242	0.14%
	NDPOSI	K. Sathu	133	0.08%
Margin of victory			10,582	6.14%	0.24%
Turnout			172,326	75.83%	−4.56%
Rejected ballots			553	0.32%
Registered electors			227,241
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.32%

This section is transcluded from Arakkonam Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arakkonam^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Jaganmoorthy	66,338	47.17%	+8.73
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	58,782	41.79%	−13.29
	DMDK	R. Usha Rani	9,185	6.53%	New
	Independent	V. Ravi	2,092	1.49%	New
	BJP	C. Vijayan	1,561	1.11%	New
	SP	M. Amutha	1,143	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			7,556	5.37%	−11.27%
Turnout			140,646	73.90%	10.36%
Registered electors			190,314
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.92%