P. Padmavathy

P. Padmavathy is an Indian politician and a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. She is from Melanalanallur village in Thiruvarur district. Padmavathy, who has completed her school education at Thiruvarur, belongs to the Communist Party of India (CPI). In the 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, she contested and won the Nannilam Assembly constituency, becoming a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).^[1]

P. Padmavathy
Member-Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 2006–2011
Preceded by	C. K. Thamizharasan
Succeeded by	R. Kamaraj
Constituency	Nannilam
Personal details
Born	(1954-12-19)19 December 1954 Kalappal
Nationality	India
Party	Communist Party of India
Residence(s)	Melanalanallur, Chavalakkaran, Thiruvarur Dist
Profession	Farmer

Electoral Performance

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nannilam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Padmavathy	65,614	51.46%	New
	AIADMK	K. Arivanandam	54,048	42.39%	New
	DMDK	R. Rajendran	4,989	3.91%	New
	Independent	S. Rajendran	1,483	1.16%	New
	BJP	R. Sooriyamoorthy	1,377	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			11,566	9.07%	−7.82%
Turnout			127,511	76.51%	10.00%
Registered electors			166,654
	CPI gain from TMC(M)		Swing	5.35%