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'''S. John Jacob''' (19 May 1953 in [[Paduvoor]] – 13 February 2018) is an Indian politician and was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) in [[Tamil Nadu]].

He is married and has two children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thiru S. John Jacob (INC) |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/234.html |accessdate=2017-05-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215184504/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/234.html |archivedate=2016-02-15 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Jacob was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) candidate from [[Killiyur (State Assembly Constituency)|Killiyur constituency]] in [[Kanyakumari district]] in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 election]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> He was one of 14 MLAs who had a 100 per cent attendance record in the [[Thirteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|13th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Jayalalithaa-attended-assembly-only-10-days/articleshow/7967014.cms |title=Jayalalithaa attended assembly only 10 days |first=Mahalingam |last=Ponnusamy |date=13 April 2011 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref>

Jacob was re-elected from Killiyur as an INC candidate in [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]]<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/14th_2011/members.htm|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu}}</ref> but switched his allegiance to the [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] (TMC) when [[G. K. Vasan]] revived it in 2014. Assigned to the Killiyur constituency once again, his was one of 26 names put forward by the TMC to contest the [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016 state assembly elections]] as part of an alliance with the [[People's Welfare Front]] and [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]].<ref>{{cite news |work=NDTV |agency=PTI |title=Tamil Maanila Congress Chief GK Vasan Not To Contest Tamil Nadu Elections |date=19 April 2016 |url=http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/tamil-maanila-congress-chief-gk-vasan-not-to-contest-tamil-nadu-elections-1397232 |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref> However, one week later it was announced that [[D. Kumaradas]] would contest the seat for the TMC instead.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=TMC changes Killiyoor candidate |date=26 April 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/tmc-changes-killiyoor-candidate/article8521568.ece |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref> The constituency was won by the INC candidate, [[S. Rajeshkumar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/killiyur.html |title=Killiyur (Tamil Nadu) Election Results 2016 |publisher=Infobase |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref>

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