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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M.R. Gandhi
| image =
| birth_name = Mavilai Ramasamy Nadar Gandhi
| birth_date = 25 July{{Birth year and age|1945}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/tamil-nadu/nagercoil-election-result-live-updates-round-wise-counting-of-votes-lead-trail-n-suresh-rajan-vs-m-r-gandhi-4628344/|title=Nagercoil Election Result: Gandhi MR of BJP Wins With 1,8769 Votes, Defeats DMK|first=India com News|last=Desk|date=2 May 2021|website=India News, Breaking News | India.com}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kanyakumari district]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| otherparty = [[Jana Sangh]]
| office1 = Member of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]]
| term_start1 = 2 May 2021
| predecessor1 = [[N. Suresh Rajan]]
| office2 = Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party-Tamil Nadu
| term2 = 2016 - 2020
| children =
| spouse =
| alma_mater =

}}

'''Mavilai Ramasamy Nadar Gandhi''' is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nagercoil]]. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/nagercoil-election-result-2021-live-updates-nagercoil-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3697712.html|title=Nagercoil Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Gandhi M R of BJP Wins|date=2 May 2021|website=www.news18.com}}</ref> He is the former vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu.

==Early life==

Gandhi was born into an agricultural family in [[Kanyakumari district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is uneducated and never attended school due to his family's bad economic situation.<ref name=":0" />

== Political life ==

He played a pivotal role in establishing the [[Hindu nationalist]] organisation, [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] in Kanyakumari.<ref name=":0" /> He was one of the leaders of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] in Kanyakumari district.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maran|first=Mathivanan|date=2019-07-29|title=ஆளுநராகிறார் தமிழகத்தின் மூத்த ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸ். தலைவர் குமரி காந்தி அண்ணாச்சி?|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/chennai/one-more-senior-rss-leader-from-tn-to-become-governor-358446.html|access-date=2021-05-16|website=tamil.oneindia.com|language=ta}}</ref>

In 1967, he was the Kanyakumari district president of [[Jana Sangh]] and in 1975 he was the Tamil Nadu state secretary of the party. He was also he was jailed during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thefederal.com/tamilnadu-elections-2021/bjps-gandhi-dispels-saffron-myths-in-tamil-nadu-villages/|title=BJP's Gandhi dispels 'saffron myths' in Tamil Nadu villages|date=23 March 2021|website=The Federal}}</ref> He served as Tamil Nadu state BJP vice-president from 2016 and 2020,

He unsuccessfully contested from [[Colachel]] in 1984 and [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]] in 2006. Gandhi contested the [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] and won against DMK's former Minister [[N. Suresh Rajan]] by a margin of 11,669 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/bjp-candidate-defeats-suresh-rajan-in-nagercoil/article34467620.ece|title=BJP candidate defeats Suresh Rajan in Nagercoil|date=2 May 2021|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Elections ==
=== Assembly Elections ===

====[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]====

{|
|- style="background:#adc;"
! Election !! Party !! Constituency !! Result !! Votes gained !! Vote % !! Criteria
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Janata Party]] || [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]] || || ||||
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Colachel (state assembly constituency)|Colachel]] || || || ||Loss by nearly 584 votes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Colachel (state assembly constituency)|Colachel]] || 2nd Place || 29,321 || ||
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Kanyakumari (state assembly constituency)|Kanyakumari]] || 3rd Place || 20,094 || 11.15%||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]] || 2nd Place || 46,413 || 26.78%||
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor="98FB98"| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]] || WON || 88,804 || 48.21% || Win by 11669 votes
|}

=== Lok Sabha Elections ===

====[[Lok Sabha]]====

{|- style="background:#adc;"
! Year !! Election !! Party !! Constituency !! Result !! Votes gained !! Vote %
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| 1989 || [[9th Lok Sabha]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagercoil]] || 2nd Place || ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians]]
[[Category:People from Kanyakumari district]]
[[Category:Members of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:1945 births]]

M. R. Gandhi - Revision history

Wikimelo at 04:23, 28 February 2026

->Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI: Reverted 1 edit by 73.83.202.87 (talk): From given source: "Born in an agricultural family, he never attended school due to abject poverty."