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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
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|name        = P. K. Sekar Babu  
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|office     = [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department|Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments]] <br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
|office       = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister]] <br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| termstart           = 7 May 2021
|minister = [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department|Minister of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments]]
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|termstart   = 7 May 2021
| 1blankname         = Chief Minister
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| 1namedata           = [[M. K. Stalin]]
|termstart1   = 19 May 2016
|constituency = [[Harbour (state assembly constituency)|Harbour]]
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|termstart2    = 13 May 2001
|term_end2    = 13 May 2011
|1blankname   = Chief Minister
|1namedata   = [[Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin]]
|constituency1 = [[Harbour (state assembly constituency)|Harbour]]
|constituency2 = [[Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency|Radhakrishnan Nagar]]
| predecessor        = [[Sevvoor S. Ramachandran]]
| successor          =
| successor1          =
| predecessor1        = [[Pala. Karuppiah]]
| predecessor2        =[[S. P. Sarguna Pandian]]
| successor2          =[[P. Vetrivel]] 
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|party        = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|party        = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] from AIADMK
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| term2        = 2001–2006
|residence    = 7, Chellappa Street, Otteri, [[Chennai]] - 600012.
| office1              = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] for [[Radhakrishnan Nagar]]
| term1        = 2006–2011


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|office1      =  [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly|Member of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]]
|spouse      = S. Santhi
|children    = P. S. Vignesh <br> P. S. Jeya Kalyani <br> P. S. Jeyasimhan
 
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'''P. K. Sekar Babu''', is an Indian politician and Minister of [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department]] and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Currently he is elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Harbour (state assembly constituency)|Harbour]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in 2016 and [[2021 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2021]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title= Form 21E (Return of Election) |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211222055841/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Form21E_TNLA2021/AC018.pdf |url= https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Form21E_TNLA2021/AC018.pdf|access-date= 16 May 2022 |archive-date=22 Dec 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harbour Election Result |url= https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/tamil-nadu/-s22a018|access-date= 16 May 2022}}</ref> elections.<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> He won his first two elections from [[R. K. Nagar|R k Nagar constituency]] as an [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] candidate.
'''P. K. Sekar Babu''' is an Indian politician and Minister of [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department]] and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="Second cabinet reshuffle in T.N. {{!}} Changes made to portfolios and subjects of 10 Ministers">{{cite news|last1=The Hindu|first1=|title=Second cabinet reshuffle in T.N. {{!}} Changes made to portfolios and subjects of 10 Ministers|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/changes-made-to-portfolios-and-subjects-of-10-ministers/article66263365.ece|accessdate=7 January 2024|date=14 December 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107174353/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/changes-made-to-portfolios-and-subjects-of-10-ministers/article66263365.ece|archivedate=7 January 2024|language=en-IN}}</ref> Currently, he is elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Harbour (state assembly constituency)|Harbour]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in 2016 and [[2021 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2021]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title= Form 21E (Return of Election) |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211222055841/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Form21E_TNLA2021/AC018.pdf |url= https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Form21E_TNLA2021/AC018.pdf|access-date= 16 May 2022 |archive-date=22 Dec 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harbour Election Result |url= https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/tamil-nadu/-s22a018|access-date= 16 May 2022}}</ref> elections.<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> He won his first two elections in 2001 and 2006 from [[R. K. Nagar|R K Nagar constituency]] as an [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] candidate.


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
He joined Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] in January 2011.<ref>
He joined Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] in January 2011.<ref>
He is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Thuraimugam constituency representing DMK.
[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Sekar-Babu-meets-CM-joins-DMK/articleshow/7388216.cms Sekar Babu meets CM, joins DMK]</ref> However, he lost the 2011 election that took place shortly thereafter in April.
[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Sekar-Babu-meets-CM-joins-DMK/articleshow/7388216.cms Sekar Babu meets CM, joins DMK]</ref>


=== 2016 and 2021 state assembly elections ===
=== 2016 and 2021 state assembly elections ===
In the [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]], Sekar Babu contested on behalf of the DMK and won the election, he polled 42,071 votes and defeated his rival AIADMK candidate KS Srinivasan by a margin of 4,836 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=முகிலன்|first=பா|title=பி.கே.சேகர்பாபு: சட்டசபை தேர்தல்... ஒரு பார்வை! #TNelections2021|url=https://www.vikatan.com/government-and-politics/politics/pk-sekar-babu-a-short-analysis-of-tamilnadu-elections-2021|url-status=live|access-date=15 June 2021|website=vikatan.com|language=ta}}</ref>
In the [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]], Sekar Babu contested on behalf of the DMK and won the election, he polled 42,071 votes and defeated his rival AIADMK candidate KS Srinivasan by a margin of 4,836 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=முகிலன்|first=பா|title=பி.கே.சேகர்பாபு: சட்டசபை தேர்தல்... ஒரு பார்வை! #TNelections2021|url=https://www.vikatan.com/government-and-politics/politics/pk-sekar-babu-a-short-analysis-of-tamilnadu-elections-2021|access-date=15 June 2021|website=vikatan.com|language=ta}}</ref>


=== As a Minister ===
=== As a Minister ===
In the [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] he won from Harbour constituency at a margin of 59,317 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sekar Babu P K Election Results 2021: News, Votes, Results of Tamil-nadu Assembly|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/tamil-nadu-assembly-election-candidates-list-2021/sekar-babu-p-k-22018-4|access-date=15 June 2021|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}</ref>
In the [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]], he won from Harbour constituency polling 59,317 votes, giving a winning margin of 27274 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sekar Babu P K Election Results 2021: News, Votes, Results of Tamil-nadu Assembly|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/tamil-nadu-assembly-election-candidates-list-2021/sekar-babu-p-k-22018-4|access-date=15 June 2021|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}</ref>


Sekar Babu in May 2021 said that the ruling DMK will work for North Indian residents in the state even if they did not vote for the party over the years. He claimed that even though the North Indians grew rich because of the ruling [[Dravidian parties]] and yet they still voted for the BJP. He also said that his party sees the North Indians as people from Tamil Nadu and one among them.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=DMK will continue to work for North Indians even if they did not vote for us, says TN minister|url=https://scroll.in/latest/995911/dmk-will-continue-to-work-for-north-indians-even-if-they-did-not-vote-for-us-says-tn-minister|access-date=15 June 2021|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>
Sekar Babu in May 2021, said that the ruling DMK will work for North Indian residents in the state even if they did not vote for the party over the years. He claimed that even though the North Indians grew rich because of the ruling [[Dravidian parties]] and yet they still voted for the BJP. He also said that his party sees the North Indians, as people from Tamil Nadu and one among them.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=DMK will continue to work for North Indians even if they did not vote for us, says TN minister|url=https://scroll.in/latest/995911/dmk-will-continue-to-work-for-north-indians-even-if-they-did-not-vote-for-us-says-tn-minister|access-date=15 June 2021|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>


Sekarbabu toured around the state taking action to reclaim the occupied temple land around Tamil Nadu. He reclaimed the illegally occupied land by a [[Hindu Mahasabha]] leader in July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newstm.in/tamilnadu/the-leader-of-the-hindu-mahasabha-who-occupied-the-temple/cid4299769.htm|title = கோவில் நிலத்தை ஆக்கிரமித்த இந்து மகாசபை தலைவர்... அதிரடி காட்டிய அமைச்சர் !!|date = 26 July 2021}}</ref>
Sekar Babu toured around the state taking action to reclaim the occupied temple land around Tamil Nadu. He reclaimed the illegally occupied land by a [[Hindu Mahasabha]] leader in July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newstm.in/tamilnadu/the-leader-of-the-hindu-mahasabha-who-occupied-the-temple/cid4299769.htm|title = கோவில் நிலத்தை ஆக்கிரமித்த இந்து மகாசபை தலைவர்... அதிரடி காட்டிய அமைச்சர் !!|date = 26 July 2021}}</ref>


Under his ministerial leadership, non-Brahmin priests were appointed to temples managed by HRCE by Chief minister M. K. Stalin.<ref>{{Cite news|title=DMK government appoints trained aspirants of all castes as priests in temples|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dmk-government-appoints-trained-aspirants-of-all-castes-as-priests-in-temples/articleshow/85328699.cms|access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref> Sekarbabu said it was Periyar's dream that persons of all castes should become priests at temples, and it was former Chief Minister [[M. Karunanidhi]] who had made it a reality.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Correspondent|first=Special|date=2021-08-15|title=Archakas of all castes get appointed|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/archakas-of-all-castes-get-appointed/article35920132.ece|access-date=2021-08-15|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
Under his ministerial leadership, non-Brahmin priests were appointed to temples managed by HRCE by Chief minister M. K. Stalin.<ref>{{Cite news|title=DMK government appoints trained aspirants of all castes as priests in temples|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dmk-government-appoints-trained-aspirants-of-all-castes-as-priests-in-temples/articleshow/85328699.cms|access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref> Sekar Babu said it was Periyar's dream, that persons of all castes should become priests at temples, and it was former Chief Minister [[M. Karunanidhi]] who had made it a reality.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-15|title=Archakas of all castes get appointed|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/archakas-of-all-castes-get-appointed/article35920132.ece|access-date=2021-08-15|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


Sekar Babu on October highlights of the 2021 broke bread with a Narikuruva woman in the same temple feast she complained of being chased away from when staff at Sthalasaina Temple allegedly instructed her to leave and later collect left over food.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/10/30063312/1326546/Sekar-babu-breaks-caste-taboo-in-temple-feast.vpf|title = Sekar babu breaks caste taboo in temple feast|date = 30 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/newsview/120664/Following-the-allegations--Minister-Sekar-Babu-ate-food-along-with-the-victims|title="அன்னதானம் எல்லோருக்கும் பொதுவானது" - நரிக்குறவர்களுடன் இணைந்து சாப்பிட்ட அமைச்சர்}}</ref>
Sekar Babu on October highlights of 2021 broke bread with a Narikuruva woman in the same temple feast she complained of being chased away from when staff at Sthalasaina Temple allegedly instructed her to leave, and later collect leftover food.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/10/30063312/1326546/Sekar-babu-breaks-caste-taboo-in-temple-feast.vpf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104013720/https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/10/30063312/1326546/Sekar-babu-breaks-caste-taboo-in-temple-feast.vpf|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2021|title = Sekar babu breaks caste taboo in temple feast|date = 30 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/newsview/120664/Following-the-allegations--Minister-Sekar-Babu-ate-food-along-with-the-victims|title="அன்னதானம் எல்லோருக்கும் பொதுவானது" - நரிக்குறவர்களுடன் இணைந்து சாப்பிட்ட அமைச்சர்}}</ref>


== Elections contested ==
==Electoral performance ==
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! Election
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! Runner-up
! Runner-up Party
! Runner-up vote %
! Ref.
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=#98FB98 | [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Harbour Assembly constituency|Harbour]]|| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] || Won ||58.35% || Vinoj P. Selvam|| [[BJP]] || 31.52%|| <ref name=":0" />
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=#98FB98 | [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Harbour Assembly constituency|Harbour]]|| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] || Won ||40.36% || K. S. Sreenivasan|| [[ADMK]] || 35.72%|| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2016/AC%20WISE%20CANDIDATE%20COUNT.pdf |access-date= 30 Apr 2022 |archive-date= 30 Apr 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430083638/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2016/AC%20WISE%20CANDIDATE%20COUNT.pdf |title=Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu|website=www.elections.tn.gov.in}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=#98FB98 | [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency|Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar]]|| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] || Lost ||37.01 || [[P. Vetrivel]]|| [[AIADMK]] || 59.04|| <ref>{{Cite report|url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Web/Index_card_TNLA2011/10-DETAILEDRESULT_ver4.3.pdf|title=Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu |work=Election Commission of Tamil Nadu|access-date=9 May 2021 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170215085458/http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Web/Index_card_TNLA2011/10-DETAILEDRESULT_ver4.3.pdf | archive-date =15 February 2017}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=#98FB98 | [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency|Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar]]||[[AIADMK]] || Won ||50.36% || R. Manohar|| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || 39.59%|| <ref>{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 2006 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | access-date = 12 May 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007200819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=#98FB98 | [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency|Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar]]|| [[AIADMK]] || Won ||58.43% || [[S. P. Sarguna Pandian]]|| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] || 37.1%|| <ref>{{cite web |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>
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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P. K. Sekar Babu
Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu
Assumed office
7 May 2021
MinisterMinister of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
Chief MinisterMuthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin
Preceded bySevvoor S. Ramachandran
Member of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
Assumed office
19 May 2016
Preceded byPala. Karuppiah
ConstituencyHarbour
In office
13 May 2001 – 13 May 2011
Preceded byS. P. Sarguna Pandian
Succeeded byP. Vetrivel
ConstituencyRadhakrishnan Nagar
Personal details
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam from AIADMK
Spouse(s)S. Santhi
ChildrenP. S. Vignesh
P. S. Jeya Kalyani
P. S. Jeyasimhan
Residence7, Chellappa Street, Otteri, Chennai - 600012.

P. K. Sekar Babu is an Indian politician and Minister of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.[1] Currently, he is elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Harbour as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2016 and 2021[2][3] elections.[4][5] He won his first two elections in 2001 and 2006 from R K Nagar constituency as an AIADMK candidate.

Political career[edit | edit source]

He joined Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in January 2011.[6] However, he lost the 2011 election that took place shortly thereafter in April.

2016 and 2021 state assembly elections[edit | edit source]

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Sekar Babu contested on behalf of the DMK and won the election, he polled 42,071 votes and defeated his rival AIADMK candidate KS Srinivasan by a margin of 4,836 votes.[7]

As a Minister[edit | edit source]

In the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, he won from Harbour constituency polling 59,317 votes, giving a winning margin of 27274 votes.[8]

Sekar Babu in May 2021, said that the ruling DMK will work for North Indian residents in the state even if they did not vote for the party over the years. He claimed that even though the North Indians grew rich because of the ruling Dravidian parties and yet they still voted for the BJP. He also said that his party sees the North Indians, as people from Tamil Nadu and one among them.[9]

Sekar Babu toured around the state taking action to reclaim the occupied temple land around Tamil Nadu. He reclaimed the illegally occupied land by a Hindu Mahasabha leader in July 2020.[10]

Under his ministerial leadership, non-Brahmin priests were appointed to temples managed by HRCE by Chief minister M. K. Stalin.[11] Sekar Babu said it was Periyar's dream, that persons of all castes should become priests at temples, and it was former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi who had made it a reality.[12]

Sekar Babu on October highlights of 2021 broke bread with a Narikuruva woman in the same temple feast she complained of being chased away from when staff at Sthalasaina Temple allegedly instructed her to leave, and later collect leftover food.[13][14]

Electoral performance[edit | edit source]

This section is transcluded from Harbour Assembly constituency. (edit | history)
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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. K. Sekar Babu 59,317 58.88 +18.52
BJP Vinoj P. Selvam 32,043 31.81 +18.99
MNM A. Ramesh 3,763 3.74 New
NTK M. Ahamed Fazil 3,357 3.33 +2.47
NOTA NOTA 913 0.91 −1.11
AMMK P. Santhana Krishnan 775 0.77 New
Margin of victory 27,274 27.07 22.44
Turnout 100,737 57.31 1.92
Registered electors 175,770
DMK hold Swing 18.52
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. K. Sekar Babu 42,071 40.36 +5.53
AIADMK K. S. Sreenivasan 37,235 35.72 −20.17
BJP Krishnakumar Nadhani 13,357 12.81 +7.98
SDPI S. Ameer Hamsa 4,161 3.99 +1.67
NOTA NOTA 2,101 2.02 New
MDMK B. Murad Buhari 1,970 1.89 New
PMK R. Sureshkumar 1,011 0.97 New
NTK Anwar Baig 902 0.87 New
Margin of victory 4,836 4.64 -16.42
Turnout 104,238 55.40 −7.74
Registered electors 188,171
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -15.53
This section is transcluded from Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency. (edit | history)
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Vetrivel 83,777 59.04% +8.68
DMK P. K. Sekar Babu 52,522 37.01% New
BJP K. R. Vinayagam 1,300 0.92% −0.19
Margin of victory 31,255 22.03% 11.26%
Turnout 141,904 72.70% 2.62%
Registered electors 195,179
AIADMK hold Swing 8.68%
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. K. Sekar Babu 84,462 50.36% −8.07
INC R. Manohar 66,399 39.59% New
DMDK P. Mohamed Jan 11,716 6.99% New
BJP K. P. Prem Ananth 1,858 1.11% New
Independent K. Rajendran 1,030 0.61% New
Margin of victory 18,063 10.77% -10.55%
Turnout 167,730 70.08% 23.08%
Registered electors 239,326
AIADMK hold Swing -8.07%
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. K. Sekar Babu 74,888 58.43% +31.93
DMK S. P. Sarguna Pandian 47,556 37.10% −25.02
MDMK N. Manogaran 3,621 2.83% −5.27
Independent K. Manikandan 669 0.52% New
Margin of victory 27,332 21.32% -14.30%
Turnout 128,175 47.01% −9.44%
Registered electors 272,666
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -3.70%

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  2. ↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Harbour Election Result". Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. ↑ 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  5. ↑ 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  6. ↑ Sekar Babu meets CM, joins DMK
  7. ↑ முகிலன், பா. "பி.கே.சேகர்பாபு: சட்டசபை தேர்தல்... ஒரு பார்வை! #TNelections2021". vikatan.com (in தமிழ்). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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  9. ↑ Scroll Staff. "DMK will continue to work for North Indians even if they did not vote for us, says TN minister". Scroll.in. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "கோவில் நிலத்தை ஆக்கிரமித்த இந்து மகாசபை தலைவர்... அதிரடி காட்டிய அமைச்சர் !!". 26 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "DMK government appoints trained aspirants of all castes as priests in temples". The Economic Times. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Archakas of all castes get appointed". The Hindu. 15 August 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "Sekar babu breaks caste taboo in temple feast". 30 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
  14. ↑ ""அன்னதானம் எல்லோருக்கும் பொதுவானது" - நரிக்குறவர்களுடன் இணைந்து சாப்பிட்ட அமைச்சர்".
  15. ↑ "harbour Election Result". Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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  18. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  19. ↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
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