T. K. S. Elangovan

T. K. S. Elangovan (born 30 August 1954 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Tamil Nadu^[1] as a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.^[2] He was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Chennai North.^[3] He is also the Organisation Secretary of DMK. He is the son of Late TK Srinivasan also popularly known as Thathuva Medhai TK Srinivasan (Ex Rajya Sabha MP).

TKS Elangovan
Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
In office 30 June 2016 – 29 June 2022
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
Member of Parliament
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	C. Kuppusami
Succeeded by	T. G. Venkatesh Babu
Constituency	Chennai North
Personal details
Born	(1954-08-30) 30 August 1954 (age 70) Thanjavur
Political party	DMK
Spouse	Nalini Elangovan
Children	2 daughters
Occupation	Member of Parliament

Political career

He was actively participating in politics since school days. He became the Organisation Secretary of DMK after quitting his job. He was elected Member of Parliament in May 2009.

In June 2016, he was announced as the party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha biennial polls. On 3 June 2016 he was elected unopposed along with R. S. Bharathi.^[4]

Personal life

Elangovan belongs to DMK. His daughter Madhavi is married to actor John Vijay.