Vasantham Karthikeyan

Vasantham K. Karthikeyan is a politician in the Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was selected as a member of legislative assembly from Rishivanthiyam in 2016 and 2021,^[1][2] representing the D.M.K Party.

K. Karthikeyan
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2016
Preceded by	S. A. Santhosh
Succeeded by	Vijayakanth
Constituency	Rishivandiyam
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Early life

Karthikeyan was born at Santhnur Village in 1978. Karthikeyan's parents were Kannan and Gandimathi.

Elections contested

Election	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote %	Runner-up	Runner-up Party	Runner-up vote %
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Rishivandiyam	DMK	Won	51.27%	S. A. Santhosh	ADMK	39.81%
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Rishivandiyam	DMK	Won	49.16%	K. Dhandapani	ADMK	31.77%