R. Viswanathan: Difference between revisions

'''R. Viswanathan''' (born 11 December 1949) also known as Natham R. Viswanathan is an Indian politician and former member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)|Natham Constituency]]. He was the Minister for Electricity and Prohibition and Excise, [[Govt. of Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Council of Ministers, Govt. of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/gov_ministers.html|publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu}}</ref> Previously, he was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate from [[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)|Natham constituency]] in [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 1999–2000|1999]] after the death of then legislative member of Natham[[M. Andi Ambalam]]. He has won consecutively in [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]], [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]] and [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 elections]] in a landslide vote count and has a cult following.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=It is advantage for AIADMK in Natham|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/it-is-advantage-for-aiadmk-in-natham/article1686422.ece|accessdate=11 May 2016|agency=The Hindu}}</ref>