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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;K. Pitchandi&#039;&#039;&#039;, also &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;spelled &lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;K. Pichandi&#039;&#039;&#039;,  is an Indian politician and&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/del&gt;{{&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;asof&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2016&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;lc&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;yes}}, a &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Member &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the Legislative Assembly (&lt;/del&gt;India&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;)|Member of the Legislative Assembly&lt;/del&gt;]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(MLA) of [[Tamil Nadu]].&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;K. Pitchandi&#039;&#039;&#039;, also &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;known as  &lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;K. Pichandi&#039;&#039;&#039;,  is an Indian &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Tamil &lt;/ins&gt;politician and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the current Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;{{&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cite web &lt;/ins&gt;| &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/newly-elected-mlas-to-take-oath-on-may-11-k-pitchandi-appointed-pro-tem-speaker/articleshow/82480744.cms | title=Newly elected MLAs to take oath on May 11; K Pitchandi .appointed pro-tem Speaker &lt;/ins&gt;| &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;publisher&lt;/ins&gt;=[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Times &lt;/ins&gt;of India]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| work=Julie Mariappan | date=8 May 2021 | accessdate=8 May 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pitchandi was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvannamalai constituency]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) candidate in the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also contested the constituency in the [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 elections]], when he finished as runner-up to [[V. Kannan]] of the [[Indian National Congress]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=268 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1991 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pitchandi was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvannamalai constituency]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) candidate in the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also contested the constituency in the [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 elections]], when he finished as runner-up to [[V. Kannan]] of the [[Indian National Congress]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=268 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1991 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pitchandi was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet from 1996 to 2001.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He stood as a candidate in [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]] in the [[Kilpennathur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kilpennathur constituency]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=E. V. Velu, K. Pichandi file nomination papers in Tiruvannamalai |date=22 March 2011 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/E.V.-Velu-K.-Pichandi-file-nomination-papers-in-Tiruvannamalai/article14957191.ece |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; where he finished as runner-up to [[A. K. Aranganathan]] of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=285 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pitchandi was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet from 1996 to 2001.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He stood as a candidate in [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]] in the [[Kilpennathur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kilpennathur constituency]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=E. V. Velu, K. Pichandi file nomination papers in Tiruvannamalai |date=22 March 2011 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/E.V.-Velu-K.-Pichandi-file-nomination-papers-in-Tiruvannamalai/article14957191.ece |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; where he finished as runner-up to [[A. K. Aranganathan]] of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=285 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pitchandi remained loyal to the DMK party, for which he was rewarded with the mostly honorific position of deputy whip in May 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;hindu&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Pichandi gets recognition |first=A. D. |last=Balasubramaniyan |date=25 May 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/pichandi-gets-recognition/article8643654.ece |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He had won the Kilpennathur seat in the [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2016 &lt;/del&gt;Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2016&lt;/del&gt;]] to become &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;an &lt;/del&gt;MLA once again.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=15th Assembly Members |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/members/051_100.html |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pitchandi remained loyal to the DMK party, for which he was rewarded with the mostly honorific position of deputy whip in May 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;hindu&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Pichandi gets recognition |first=A. D. |last=Balasubramaniyan |date=25 May 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/pichandi-gets-recognition/article8643654.ece |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He had won the Kilpennathur seat in the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2021 &lt;/ins&gt;Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2021&lt;/ins&gt;]] to become MLA once again&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, after which he was made the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=15th Assembly Members |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/members/051_100.html |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pitchandi was instrumental in persuading [[E. V. Velu]] to transfer his allegiance to the DMK from the AIADMK.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;hindu&quot;/&amp;gt; Velu, who had already served twice as an AIADMK MLA,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2006 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was elected to Pitchandi&#039;s former seat in Tiruvannamalai as a DMK member from 2011.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of Indian government|page=10 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pitchandi was instrumental in persuading [[E. V. Velu]] to transfer his allegiance to the DMK from the AIADMK.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;hindu&quot;/&amp;gt; Velu, who had already served twice as an AIADMK MLA,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2006 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was elected to Pitchandi&#039;s former seat in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Tiruvannamalai &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Tiruvannamalai]] &lt;/ins&gt;as a DMK member from 2011.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of Indian government|page=10 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== References ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== References ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Members of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>&gt;Simeon: Changing short description from &quot;Indian Politician&quot; to &quot;Indian politician&quot; (Shortdesc helper)</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Changing &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Short_description&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikipedia:Short description&quot;&gt;short description&lt;/a&gt; from &amp;quot;Indian Politician&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Indian politician&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Shortdesc_helper&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikipedia:Shortdesc helper&quot;&gt;Shortdesc helper&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;K. Pitchandi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, also spelled &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;K. Pichandi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,  is an Indian politician and, {{asof|2016|lc=yes}}, a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) of [[Tamil Nadu]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Pitchandi was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvannamalai constituency]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) candidate in the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also contested the constituency in the [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 elections]], when he finished as runner-up to [[V. Kannan]] of the [[Indian National Congress]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=268 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1991 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pitchandi was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet from 1996 to 2001.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He stood as a candidate in [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]] in the [[Kilpennathur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kilpennathur constituency]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=E. V. Velu, K. Pichandi file nomination papers in Tiruvannamalai |date=22 March 2011 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/E.V.-Velu-K.-Pichandi-file-nomination-papers-in-Tiruvannamalai/article14957191.ece |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; where he finished as runner-up to [[A. K. Aranganathan]] of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=285 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pitchandi remained loyal to the DMK party, for which he was rewarded with the mostly honorific position of deputy whip in May 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Pichandi gets recognition |first=A. D. |last=Balasubramaniyan |date=25 May 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/pichandi-gets-recognition/article8643654.ece |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He had won the Kilpennathur seat in the [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of 2016]] to become an MLA once again.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=15th Assembly Members |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/members/051_100.html |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pitchandi was instrumental in persuading [[E. V. Velu]] to transfer his allegiance to the DMK from the AIADMK.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Velu, who had already served twice as an AIADMK MLA,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2006 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was elected to Pitchandi&amp;#039;s former seat in Tiruvannamalai as a DMK member from 2011.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of Indian government|page=10 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pitchandi, K.}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Living people]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Members of the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Members of the 12th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Members of the 13th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Members of the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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