P. R. Senthilnathan

Indian politician

P. R. Senthilnathan

Born	1968 Nagadi, Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Politician
Political party	AIADMK

P. R. Senthilnathan (born 1968) is a politician from Tamil Nadu. He was born in Nagadi village in the Sivaganga district. He studied at Sevugan Annamalai college in Devakottai. After finishing his B.Sc. he went to Bengaluru to study for an LL.B. degree in Bengaluru University. He started out as a lawyer and became well known for his good skills. He entered politics in 1988 by joining AIADMK. He made a small beginning in the party as its Nagadi branch secretary in 1992 and served as district secretary of Amma Peravai between 2007 and 2013. He was appointed Sivgangai district secretary of AIADMK in April 2013, and Chairman of Tamil Nadu Backward Classes and economic development corporation in June 2013.^[1]^[2]

In 2014 he was announced as Sivaganga Loksabha candidate by the Party Head Honourable Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. With a difference of 229,385 votes in the 2014 Loksabha election he defeated H. Raja, the Tamil Nadu BJP Vice President and Karthi P. Chidambaram, (son of P. Chidambaram, the country's former Finance Minister ),^[3] winning his party the election for the first time in 34 years in Sivaganga constituency.

References

^ "Profile of AIADMK candidates in southern districts". The Hindu. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "MyNeta Profile". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

Preceded by

P. Chidambaram

Member of 16th Lok Sabha
for Sivaganga
2014–2019

Succeeded by

Karti Chidambaram

List of 16th Lok Sabha constituencies and members from Tamil Nadu

Tiruvallur	P. Venugopal (AIADMK)
Chennai North	T. G. Venkatesh Babu (AIADMK)
Chennai South	J. Jayavardhan (AIADMK)
Chennai Central	S. R. Vijayakumar (AIADMK)
Sriperumbudur	K. N. Ramachandran (AIADMK)
Kancheepuram	K. Maragatham (AIADMK)
Arakkonam	G. Hari (AIADMK)
Vellore	B. Senguttuvan (AIADMK)
Krishnagiri	K. Ashok Kumar (AIADMK)
Dharmapuri	Anbumani Ramadoss (PMK)
Tiruvannamalai	R. Vanaroja (AIADMK)
Arani	V. Elumalai (AIADMK)

Viluppuram	S. Rajendran (AIADMK)
Kallakurichi	K. Kamaraj (AIADMK)
Salem	V. Pannerselvam (AIADMK)
Namakkal	P. R. Sundaram (AIADMK)
Erode	S. Selvakumara Chinnayan (AIADMK)
Tiruppur	V. Sathyabama (AIADMK)
Nilgiris	C. Gopalakrishnan (AIADMK)
Coimbatore	P. Nagarajan (AIADMK)
Pollachi	C. Mahendran (AIADMK)
Dindigul	M. Udhaya Kumar (AIADMK)
Karur	M. Thambidurai (AIADMK)
Tiruchirappalli	P. Kumar (AIADMK)
Perambalur	R. P. Marutharajaa (AIADMK)
Cuddalore	A. Arunmozhithevan (AIADMK)

Chidambaram	M. Chandrakasi (AIADMK)
Mayiladuthurai	R. K. Bharathi Mohan (AIADMK)
Nagapattinam	K. Gopal (AIADMK)
Thanjavur	K. Parasuraman (AIADMK)
Sivaganga	P. R. Senthilnathan (AIADMK)
Madurai	R. Gopalakrishnan (AIADMK)
Theni	R. Parthipan (AIADMK)
Virudhunagar	T. Radhakrishnan (AIADMK)
Ramanathapuram	A. Anwhar Raajhaa (AIADMK)
Thoothukkudi	J. Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee (AIADMK)
Tenkasi	M. Vasanthi (AIADMK)
Tirunelveli	K. R. P. Prabakaran (AIADMK)
Kanniyakumari	Pon. Radhakrishnan (BJP)