Periyannan Arasu

Periyannan Arasu is an Indian politician and a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (MLA).

Periyannan Arasu
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 2016–2021
Preceded by	V. R. Karthik Thondaiman
Succeeded by	V. Muthuraja
Constituency	Pudukkottai
Personal details
Born	(1968-05-15)15 May 1968 Melakkottai, Pudukkottai District
Nationality	India
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Residence(s)	Periyar Nagar, Pudukkottai District
Profession	Politician

Hometown

Arasu hails from Pudukkottai town in Pudukkottai District.

Education

Periyannan Arasu completed his Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree at Poondi Pushpam College in Thanjavur.^[1]

Political career

Periyannan Arasu belongs to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He contested and won the election for the Pudukkottai Assembly constituency in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, subsequently becoming its Member of Legislative Assembly.^[2]

Electoral Performance

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Periyannan Arassu	66,739	39.19%	−5.37
	AIADMK	V. R. Karthik Thondaiman	64,655	37.97%	New
	Independent	M. Chokkalingam	22,973	13.49%	New
	DMDK	Jahir Hussain	7,810	4.59%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,637	0.96%	New
	NTK	M. Arunmozhichozhan	1,625	0.95%	New
	IJK	G. Kumar	1,061	0.62%	New
	Independent	A. Radhakrishnan	913	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			2,084	1.22%	−0.99%
Turnout			170,282	74.75%	−4.14%
Registered electors			227,802
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.58%