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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = R. Dhanuskodi Athithan<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|3|6|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thoothukudi]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| residence = [[Tirunelveli]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| office = Member of [[Lok Sabha]] [[Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirunelveli]]<br />
| term_start1 = <br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| religion = <br />
| spouse = Late Mrs. Indra Devi Adithan<br />
| children = Dhanesh Adithan (son)<ref>{{cite news|title=Dhanushkodi Adithan "critical" |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/07/stories/2006080707100400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821094509/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/07/stories/2006080707100400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 August 2006|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=7 August 2006}}</ref> and 2 daughters<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 22 September||<br />
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2974<br />
| office2 = Minister for States (Youth Affair and Sports Developlement)<br />
| termstart1 = 1985<br />
| termend1 = 1998<br />
| office1 = [[Member of parliament|Member]] of [[Loksabha]] [[Tiruchendur]] (Lok Sabha constituency)<br />
| termstart = 2004<br />
| termend = 2009<br />
| termstart2 = 2004<br />
| termend2 = 2009<br />
}}<br />
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'''R. Dhanuskodi Athithan''' (born 6 March 1953) is an Indian politician who was a member of the [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He represented the [[Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirunelveli]] constituency of [[Tamil Nadu]] and is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) political party. He was critically wounded in a road accident which happened near Vaagaikulam on the Tirunelveli - Tuticorin National Highway on 6 August 2006. His wife Indra Devi Adithan died in the accident.<ref>{{cite news|title= Dhanushkodi Adithan's wife killed in accident|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/06/stories/2006080617010800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127193340/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/06/stories/2006080617010800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2007|work= [[The Hindu]]|date=6 August 2006}}</ref><br />
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==Electoral performance in Lok Sabha Elections==<br />
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="width:650px; border-collapse:collapse; border:2px #dee8f1 solid; font-size:x-big; font-family:verdana;"<br />
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Year<br />
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Winner<br />
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Party<br />
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Runner-up<br />
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Party<br />
|- <br />
|1985 (by-election)<br />
|[[R. Dhanushkodi Adithan]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[Pon. Vijayaraghavan]]<br />
|[[Janata Party|JP]]<br />
|- <br />
|1989<br />
|[[R. Dhanushkodi Adithan]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[A. Karthikeyan]]<br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]<br />
|- <br />
|1991 (tiruchendur constituency)<br />
|[[R. Dhanushkodi Adithan]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[G. Anton Gomez]]<br />
|[[Janata Dal|JD]]<br />
|-<br />
|1996 (tiruchendur constituency)<br />
|[[R. Dhanushkodi Adithan]]<br />
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC(M)]]<br />
|[[S. Justin]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|1998 (tiruchendur constituency)<br />
|[[Ramarajan]]<br />
|[[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]<br />
|[[R. Dhanushkodi Adithan]]<br />
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC(M)]]<br />
|- <br />
|2004<ref>[[:Category:14th Lok Sabha members|14th Lok Sabha members]]</ref><br />
|[[R. Dhanushkodi Adithan]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[R. Amirtha Ganesan]]<br />
|[[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://archive.today/20071119160147/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2974 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Tamil people]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:11th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:9th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Union Ministers from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Maanila Congress politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Thoothukudi district]]<br />
[[Category:People from Tirunelveli district]]<br />
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