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| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|4|21|df=y}}<ref name="mla"/><br />
| birth_place = Padalur<br />
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| office1 = Member, Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.<br />
| constituency1 = [[Perambalur Assembly constituency|Perambalur]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2001<br />
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'''P. Rajarathnam''' is an [[Politics of India|Indian politician]] and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Tamil Nadu.<br />
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He is a native of Padalur village in the [[Perambalur district]]. Rajarathnam holds a Master of Commerce (M.Com.) and a Bachelor of Laws (B.L.) degree. He belongs to the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party. He successfully contested the [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] from the [[Perambalur Assembly constituency]] and became an MLA of Tamil Nadu.<ref name="mla">{{cite book | title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly "WHO'S WHO Twelfth Assembly 2001 | publisher=Legislature Assembly Secretariat, Chennai-600009 | year=2002 | location=Chennai-600009 | pages=478–480}}</ref><br />
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==Electoral performance==<br />
===2001===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Perambalur<ref>{{cite web| last = Election Commission of India|title = Statistical Report on General Election 2001|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf|date = 12 May 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006173934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=P. Rajarathnam |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=67,074 |percentage=53.45% |change=+18.22 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Vallaban |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=47,070 |percentage=37.51% |change=-17.57 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Kannan |party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=6,960 |percentage=5.55% |change=-0.19 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Marimuthu |party=Independent politician |votes=4,395 |percentage=3.50% |change= ''New'' }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=20,004 |percentage=15.94% |change= -3.91% }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=125,499 |percentage=62.31% |change= -7.41% }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 202,003 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -1.63% }}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1961 births]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006]]<br />
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]</div>
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