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	'''L. Santhanam''' is an Indian politician and was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) candidate from [[Sholavandan (State Assembly Constituency)\|Sholavandan constituency]] in the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election\|1996 election]]<ref>{{cite web\|publisher=Election Commission of India \|page=8 \|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 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf \|archivedate= 7 October 2010 }}</ref> and from the [[Usilampatti (State Assembly Constituency)\|Usilampatti constituency]] in [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election\|2001]] as a candidate of the [[All India Forward Bloc]] (AIFB).<ref>{{cite web \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|page=7 \|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=2017-05-09}}</ref> He stood again for the Sholavandan seat in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election\|2006]], this time as a candidate for the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], and lost to [[P. Moorthy]] of the DMK.<ref>{{cite web \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|page=396 \|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=2017-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|work=The Hindu \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/aiadmk-front-clinches-six-out-of-ten-seats/article3132306.ece \|title=AIADMK front clinches six out of ten seats \|date=12 May 2006 \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref>		'''L. Santhanam''' is an Indian politician and was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) candidate from [[Sholavandan (State Assembly Constituency)\|Sholavandan constituency]] in the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election\|1996 election]]<ref>{{cite web\|publisher=Election Commission of India \|page=8 \|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 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf \|archivedate= 7 October 2010 }}</ref> and from the [[Usilampatti (State Assembly Constituency)\|Usilampatti constituency]] in [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election\|2001]] as a candidate of the [[All India Forward Bloc]] (AIFB).<ref>{{cite web \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|page=7 \|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=2017-05-09}}</ref> He stood again for the Sholavandan seat in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election\|2006]], this time as a candidate for the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], and lost to [[P. Moorthy]] of the DMK.<ref>{{cite web \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|page=396 \|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=2017-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|work=The Hindu \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/aiadmk-front-clinches-six-out-of-ten-seats/article3132306.ece \|title=AIADMK front clinches six out of ten seats \|date=12 May 2006 \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref>

	AIADMK leader [[Jayalalithaa]] allocated the Usilampatti constituency candidacy to Santhanam in the 2001 elections as part of an electoral pact with the AIFB.<ref>{{cite news \|title=AIADMK keeps 'winnable' constituencies \|date=8 April 2001 \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/08/stories/04082231.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> His 2006 candidacy for the AIADMK was a consequence of a dispute within the AIFB, a party with which he had been at odds since at least 2004 despite being its general secretary.<ref>{{cite news \|work=The Times of India \|title=Fissures develops in AIFB \|agency=PTI \|date=15 March 2004 \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/Fissures-develops-in-AIFB/articleshow/562148.cms \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> He was the sole AIFB MLA in the 2001-2006 Assembly and he disagreed with the AIFB leadership's interest in abandoning their electoral pact with the AIADMK for the 2006 elections.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/06/stories/2006020611660100.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528212109/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/06/stories/2006020611660100.htm \|archivedate=2006-05-28 \|title=Fissures to fore in Forward Bloc \|first=S. \|last=Dorairaj \|url-status=dead \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=6 February ~~2006~~}}</ref> Despite his attempts in the courts to prevent it,<ref>{{cite news \|work=OneIndia \|title=Suspended AIFB MLA unrelenting; secures Court Stay \|date=6 March 2006 \|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/03/04/suspended-aifb-mla-unrelenting-secures-court-stay-1141626487.html \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> Santhanam was expelled from the AIFB by its new president, the actor-politician [[Karthik (actor)\|Karthik]], and reached an individual agreement with the AIADMK to contest a seat in the election.<ref>{{cite news \|work=OneIndia \|title=Santhanam to contest one seat as AIADMK ally \|date=14 March 2006 \|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/03/14/santhanam-to-contest-one-seat-as-aiadmk-ally-1142338370.html \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> He was initially allocated the [[Madurai Central (State Assembly Constituency)\|Madurai Central constituency]] but this was changed as Jayalalithaa made numerous adjustments, in part as an attempt to appease local party workers in various areas across the state who had objected to her choice of seat allocations.<ref>{{cite news \|work=Frontline \|volume=23 \|issue=7 \|date=21 April 2006 \|title=Assembly Elections - Promising Start \|first=T. S. \|last=Subramanian \|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2307/stories/20060421004303200.htm \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref>		AIADMK leader [[Jayalalithaa]] allocated the Usilampatti constituency candidacy to Santhanam in the 2001 elections as part of an electoral pact with the AIFB.<ref>{{cite news \|title=AIADMK keeps 'winnable' constituencies \|date=8 April 2001 \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/08/stories/04082231.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> His 2006 candidacy for the AIADMK was a consequence of a dispute within the AIFB, a party with which he had been at odds since at least 2004 despite being its general secretary.<ref>{{cite news \|work=The Times of India \|title=Fissures develops in AIFB \|agency=PTI \|date=15 March 2004 \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/Fissures-develops-in-AIFB/articleshow/562148.cms \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> He was the sole AIFB MLA in the 2001-2006 Assembly and he disagreed with the AIFB leadership's interest in abandoning their electoral pact with the AIADMK for the 2006 elections.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/06/stories/2006020611660100.htm \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528212109/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/06/stories/2006020611660100.htm \|archivedate=2006-05-28 \|title=Fissures to fore in Forward Bloc \|first=S. \|last=Dorairaj \|url-status=dead \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=6 February 2022}}</ref> Despite his attempts in the courts to prevent it,<ref>{{cite news \|work=OneIndia \|title=Suspended AIFB MLA unrelenting; secures Court Stay \|date=6 March 2006 \|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/03/04/suspended-aifb-mla-unrelenting-secures-court-stay-1141626487.html \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> Santhanam was expelled from the AIFB by its new president, the actor-politician [[Karthik (actor)\|Karthik]], and reached an individual agreement with the AIADMK to contest a seat in the election.<ref>{{cite news \|work=OneIndia \|title=Santhanam to contest one seat as AIADMK ally \|date=14 March 2006 \|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/03/14/santhanam-to-contest-one-seat-as-aiadmk-ally-1142338370.html \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> He was initially allocated the [[Madurai Central (State Assembly Constituency)\|Madurai Central constituency]] but this was changed as Jayalalithaa made numerous adjustments, in part as an attempt to appease local party workers in various areas across the state who had objected to her choice of seat allocations.<ref>{{cite news \|work=Frontline \|volume=23 \|issue=7 \|date=21 April 2006 \|title=Assembly Elections - Promising Start \|first=T. S. \|last=Subramanian \|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2307/stories/20060421004303200.htm \|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref>

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	[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]		[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
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'''L. Santhanam''' is an Indian politician and was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) candidate from [[Sholavandan (State Assembly Constituency)|Sholavandan constituency]] in the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 election]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India |page=8 |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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |archivedate= 7 October 2010 }}</ref> and from the [[Usilampatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Usilampatti constituency]] in [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]] as a candidate of the [[All India Forward Bloc]] (AIFB).<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=7 |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=2017-05-09}}</ref> He stood again for the Sholavandan seat in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]], this time as a candidate for the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], and lost to [[P. Moorthy]] of the DMK.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=396 |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=2017-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/aiadmk-front-clinches-six-out-of-ten-seats/article3132306.ece |title=AIADMK front clinches six out of ten seats |date=12 May 2006 |accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref>

AIADMK leader [[Jayalalithaa]] allocated the Usilampatti constituency candidacy to Santhanam in the 2001 elections as part of an electoral pact with the AIFB.<ref>{{cite news |title=AIADMK keeps 'winnable' constituencies |date=8 April 2001 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/08/stories/04082231.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2017-05-09}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> His 2006 candidacy for the AIADMK was a consequence of a dispute within the AIFB, a party with which he had been at odds since at least 2004 despite being its general secretary.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times of India |title=Fissures develops in AIFB |agency=PTI |date=15 March 2004 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/Fissures-develops-in-AIFB/articleshow/562148.cms |accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> He was the sole AIFB MLA in the 2001-2006 Assembly and he disagreed with the AIFB leadership's interest in abandoning their electoral pact with the AIADMK for the 2006 elections.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/06/stories/2006020611660100.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528212109/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/06/stories/2006020611660100.htm |archivedate=2006-05-28 |title=Fissures to fore in Forward Bloc |first=S. |last=Dorairaj |url-status=dead |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=6 February 2006}}</ref> Despite his attempts in the courts to prevent it,<ref>{{cite news |work=OneIndia |title=Suspended AIFB MLA unrelenting; secures Court Stay |date=6 March 2006 |url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/03/04/suspended-aifb-mla-unrelenting-secures-court-stay-1141626487.html |accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> Santhanam was expelled from the AIFB by its new president, the actor-politician [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], and reached an individual agreement with the AIADMK to contest a seat in the election.<ref>{{cite news |work=OneIndia |title=Santhanam to contest one seat as AIADMK ally |date=14 March 2006 |url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/03/14/santhanam-to-contest-one-seat-as-aiadmk-ally-1142338370.html |accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> He was initially allocated the [[Madurai Central (State Assembly Constituency)|Madurai Central constituency]] but this was changed as Jayalalithaa made numerous adjustments, in part as an attempt to appease local party workers in various areas across the state who had objected to her choice of seat allocations.<ref>{{cite news |work=Frontline |volume=23 |issue=7 |date=21 April 2006 |title=Assembly Elections - Promising Start |first=T. S. |last=Subramanian |url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2307/stories/20060421004303200.htm |accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref>

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[[Category:Members of the 12th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
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