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	Dr. '''Padma''' (born 5 January 1945 in [[Uppiliapuram]], [[Trichinopoly District]]) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ medical doctor and politician.<ref name="Jain1993">{{cite book\|author=C. K. Jain\|title=Women parliamentarians in India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f2yPAAAAMAAJ\|year=1993\|publisher=Published for Lok Sabha Secretariat by Surjeet Publications\|page=756}}</ref> She is the daughter of M. Sengamalam, married C. Nammalvar in 1966.<ref name="Jain1993"/> She obtained a [[M.B.B.S.]] degree from [[Thanjavur Medical College]].<ref name="Jain1993"/>		Dr. '''Padma''' (born 5 January 1945 in [[Uppiliapuram]], [[Trichinopoly District]]) is an Indian medical doctor and politician.<ref name="Jain1993">{{cite book\|author=C. K. Jain\|title=Women parliamentarians in India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f2yPAAAAMAAJ\|year=1993\|publisher=Published for Lok Sabha Secretariat by Surjeet Publications\|page=756}}</ref> She is the daughter of M. Sengamalam, married C. Nammalvar in 1966.<ref name="Jain1993"/> She obtained a [[M.B.B.S.]] degree from [[Thanjavur Medical College]].<ref name="Jain1993"/>

	The [[Indian National Congress]] fielded Dr. Padma as its candidate for [[Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Nagapattinam (SC) seat]] in the [[1991 Indian general election]].<ref name=e1991/> She won the seat, obtaining 49.71% of the votes, defeating the incumbent [[Communist Party of India]] parliamentarian [[M. Selvarasu]].<ref name=e1991>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1991 TO THE TENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf \|date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref> Dr. Padma was the second woman to be elected to the Lok Sabha from the central districts of Tamil Nadu since Independence.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Only-2-women-MPs-from-central-districts/article16611636.ece Only 2 women MPs from central districts]''</ref>		The [[Indian National Congress]] fielded Dr. Padma as its candidate for [[Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Nagapattinam (SC) seat]] in the [[1991 Indian general election]].<ref name=e1991/> She won the seat, obtaining 49.71% of the votes, defeating the incumbent [[Communist Party of India]] parliamentarian [[M. Selvarasu]].<ref name=e1991>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1991 TO THE TENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf \|date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref> Dr. Padma was the second woman to be elected to the Lok Sabha from the central districts of Tamil Nadu since Independence.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Only-2-women-MPs-from-central-districts/article16611636.ece Only 2 women MPs from central districts]''</ref>

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{{Short description|Indian medical doctor and politician}}
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Dr. '''Padma''' (born 5 January 1945 in [[Uppiliapuram]], [[Trichinopoly District]]) is an [[India]]n medical doctor and politician.<ref name="Jain1993">{{cite book|author=C. K. Jain|title=Women parliamentarians in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f2yPAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Published for Lok Sabha Secretariat by Surjeet Publications|page=756}}</ref> She is the daughter of M. Sengamalam, married C. Nammalvar in 1966.<ref name="Jain1993"/> She obtained a [[M.B.B.S.]] degree from [[Thanjavur Medical College]].<ref name="Jain1993"/>

The [[Indian National Congress]] fielded Dr. Padma as its candidate for [[Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagapattinam (SC) seat]] in the [[1991 Indian general election]].<ref name=e1991/> She won the seat, obtaining 49.71% of the votes, defeating the incumbent [[Communist Party of India]] parliamentarian [[M. Selvarasu]].<ref name=e1991>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1991 TO THE TENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref> Dr. Padma was the second woman to be elected to the Lok Sabha from the central districts of Tamil Nadu since Independence.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Only-2-women-MPs-from-central-districts/article16611636.ece Only 2 women MPs from central districts]''</ref>

Padma was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Nannilam (State Assembly Constituency)|Nannilam constituency]] in the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 elections]].<ref name=tn1996/> The constituency was reserved for candidates from the [[Scheduled Castes]].<ref name=tn1996/> She stood as a candidate of the [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] (TMC) party.<ref name=tn1996>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=9 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref>

Ahead of the [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] ''[[The Hindu]]'' claimed that the TMC leadership had doubts about fielding Dr. Padma again as candidate in Nannilam.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/22/stories/04222233.htm Sulking senior TMC leaders given ticket]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}''</ref>

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