P. Benjamin

P. Benjamin is an Indian politician in Assembly of Tamil Nadu 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He was elected from the Maduravoyal constituency as a candidate of the AIADMK.

Jayalalithaa appointed Benjamin as Minister for School Education in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post in the Government of Tamil Nadu.^[1]

Electoral performance

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduravoyal^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ganapathy	121,298	44.64%	New
	AIADMK	P. Benjamin	89,577	32.97%	−7.15
	MNM	S. Padma Priya	33,401	12.29%	New
	NTK	G. Ganeshkumar	21,045	7.74%	+5.26
	AMMK	E. Lucky Murugan	2,660	0.98%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,146	0.79%	−1.89
Margin of victory			31,721	11.67%	8.29%
Turnout			271,724	60.34%	−1.47%
Rejected ballots			0	0.00%
Registered electors			450,296
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.52%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduravoyal^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Benjamin	99,739	40.12%	New
	INC	R. Rajesh	91,337	36.74%	New
	CPI(M)	G. Beem Rao	19,612	7.89%	−44.2
	PMK	N. V. Srinivasan	17,328	6.97%	−32.2
	NOTA	NOTA	6,655	2.68%	New
	NTK	M. Vasu	6,181	2.49%	New
	IJK	R. Anandapriya	4,582	1.84%	New
Margin of victory			8,402	3.38%	−9.53%
Turnout			248,597	61.81%	−7.18%
Registered electors			402,205
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-11.97%