A. Namassivayam

A Namassivayam
Minister of Home Affairs
Government of Puducherry
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Chief MinisterN. Rangaswamy
Preceded byV. Narayanasamy
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
Government of Puducherry
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Chief MinisterN. Rangaswamy
Preceded byMalladi Krishna Rao
Member Of Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded byT. P. R. Selvame
ConstituencyMannadipet
In office
13 May 2011 – 2 May 2021
Preceded byJ. Narayanasamy
Succeeded byR. Siva
ConstituencyVillianur
In office
13 May 2001 – 13 May 2011
Preceded byK. Natarajan
Succeeded byN.G. Pannirselvam
ConstituencyOzhukarai
Personal details
Born
Pondichéry, French India (now Puducherry, India)
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Former parties:

Arumugam Namassivayam is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is current Home Minister of Puducherry. He is also serving as minister of Sports and Youth Affairs in Rangaswamy ministry. He represents Mannadipet in Puducherry Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3]

Political career

He was the ex-president of Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee. On January 25, 2021, he was suspended from the Congress party for his anti-party activities. Following that Namassivayam submitted his MLA resignation letter to the assembly speaker and quit Congress party.[4][5] He joined Bharathiya Janata Party along with his supporter Theeppainthan on 28 January 2021 in the presence of its national general secretary Arun Singh.He won from Mannadipet on a BJP ticket by 2,750 votes defeating DMK candidate A Krishan and is the current home and sports minister of Puducherry government in Fourth Rangaswamy ministry. In 2024, he contested from Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency as a BJP candidate with AINRC support and finished as runner up.

Electoral History

Legislative Assembly

Year Constituency Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Result Margin %
2026 Mannadipet BJP 15,918 53.96 T.P.R. Selvame INC 9,808 33.25 Won Increase6,110 Increase20.71
2021 14,939 51.82 A. Krishnan DMK 12,189 42.28 Won Increase2,750 Increase9.54
2016 Villianur INC 18,009 57.11 Jayakumar AINRC 9,728 30.85 Won Increase8,281 Increase26.26
2011 13,105 52.03 K. Nadarajan 11,564 45.91 Won Increase1,541 Increase6.12
2006 Ozhukarai 14,072 48.14 K. Natarajan ADMK 12,824 43.87 Won Increase1,248 Increase4.27
2001 TMC(M) 10,164 45.49 6,021 26.95 Won Increase4,143 Increase18.54
1996 MDMK 4,301 22.68 7,794 41.10 Lost Decrease3,493 Decrease18.42

References

  1. ↑ "GENERAL ELECTION TO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TRENDS & RESULT 2016 Puducherry Villianur". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tussle in Puducherry Congress for the top job". New Indian Express. 21 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Congress-DMK alliance wins Puducherry". Business Standard India. Business Standard. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Puducherry Minister Namassivayam resigns, Congress suspends him". The News Minute. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Setback to Congress in Puducherry as PWD Minister Namassivayam, MLA resign, set to join BJP". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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