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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name               = K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
| name = K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
| image               = KKSSR.jpg
| image = The Health Minister of Tamil Nadu Shri K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran and the Special Representative, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Shri Cumbum Selvendran calling on the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss (cropped).jpg
| honorific-prefix    =  
| caption = K. K. S. S. R in 2006
| caption            =  
| office1 = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister]] <br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| office1            = Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management
| governor1 = [[Banwarilal Purohit]]<br/>[[R. N. Ravi]]
| term_start1         = 7 May 2021
| term_start1 = 7 May 2021
| term_end1           =
| term_end1 =  
| office2             = Minister for Backward Classes
| minister1 = *Revenue
| term_start2         = 2006
*District Revenue Establishment
| term_end2         = 2011
*Deputy Collectors
| office3             = Minister for Public Works
*Disaster Management
| term_start3         = 1985
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| term_end3           = 1988
| 1namedata1 = [[M. K. Stalin]]
| office4             = Minister for Cooperation 
| office2 = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister]] <br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| term_start4         = 1980
| governor2 = [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
| term_end4           = 1985
| term_start2 = 13 May 2006
| office5             = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| term_end2 = 15 May 2011
| term_start5         = 2016
| minister2 = * Backward Classes
| term_end5          =  
* Most Backward Classes and De-notified Communities
| constituency5       = [[Aruppukottai (state assembly constituency)|Aruppukottai]]
* Overseas Indians
| term_start6        = 1989
* Refugees and Evacuees
| term_end6          = 1991
* Handlooms and Textiles
| constituency6      = [[Vilathikulam (state assembly constituency)|Vilathikulam]]
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| term_start7        = 1977
| 1namedata2 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| term_end7          = 1984
| office3 = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister]] <br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| term_start8        = 1991
| minister3 = *Public Works
| term_end8          = 2011
| term_start3 = 14 February 1985
| constituency8      = [[Sattur (state assembly constituency)|Sattur]]
| term_end3 = 7 January 1988
| constituency7      = [[Sattur (state assembly constituency)|Sattur]]
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| office4 = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister]] <br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| minister4 = *Cooperatives
| term_start4 = 9 June 1980
| term_end4 = 14 February 1985
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4 = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| office5 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start5 = 19 May 2016
| predecessor5 = [[Vaigaichelvan]]
| constituency5 = [[Aruppukottai Assembly constituency|Aruppukottai]]
| term_start7 = 25 January 1989
| term_end7 = 30 January 1991
| predecessor7 = [[S. Kumara Kurubara Ramanathan]]
| successor7 = [[N. C. Kanagavalli]]
| constituency7 = [[Vilathikulam Assembly constituency|Vilathikulam]]
| term_start8 = 25 June 1977
| term_end8 = 30 January 1988
| constituency8 = [[Sattur Assembly constituency|Sattur]]
| predecessor8 = [[S. Alagu Thevar]]
| successor8 = [[S. S. Karuppasamy]]
| term_start6 = 19 June 1991
| term_end6 = 13 May 2011
| constituency6 = [[Sattur Assembly constituency|Sattur]]
| predecessor6 = [[S. S. Karuppasamy]]
| successor6 = [[R. B. Udhaya Kumar]]
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| other_party = *[[Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam]]
*[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|08|08|df=y}}
| birth_name = Kopalapuram Kanthasamy Subbu Reddiar Subbu Reddiar Ranganatha Reddiar Ramachandran
}}
}}


'''K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran''' (generally known as '''Sattur Ramachandran''') is an Indian Tamil politician and current Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Tamil Nadu. He had also been the minister for [[Backward Classes]] between 2006 and 2011 in the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]], India. He has been a MLA 9 times which record he holds with senior members like [[Durai Murugan|Duraimurugan]] and [[K. A. Sengottaiyan|K.A.Sengottaiyan]] among currently serving MLAs. with a political career spanning over 40 years. His full name is Kopalapuram Kanthasamy Subbu reddiyar Subbu reddiyar Ranganathan Ramachandran.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/dmks-cabinet-full-of-foes-turned-friends/articleshow/82698146.cms | title=DMK’s cabinet full of foes-turned-friends | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=R Rangaraj | date=17 May 2021 | accessdate=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/m-k-stalin-cabinet-in-tamil-nadu-raj-bhavan-releases-list-of-ministers/articleshow/82430341.cms | title=DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin’s cabinet colleagues revealed | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Julie Mariappan | date=6 May 2021 | accessdate=6 May 2021}}</ref>
'''K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran Reddiyar''' (generally known as '''Sattur Ramachandran''') is an Indian politician and the current [[Department of Revenue (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management]], Government of Tamil Nadu. He had also been the minister for [[Backward Classes]] between 2006 and 2011 in the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]], India. He has been an MLA 9 times which record he holds with senior members like [[Durai Murugan|Duraimurugan]] and [[K. A. Sengottaiyan]] among currently serving MLAs, with a political career spanning over 40 years. His full name is Kopalapuram Kanthasamy Subbu Reddiar Subbu Reddiar Ranganatha Reddiar Ramachandran.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members, 6th ASSEMBLY(1976-1980)|url=https://assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/6th_1977/6th_1977.pdf |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-03-22 |website=assembly.tn.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Members, 8th ASSEMBLY(1984-1988) |url=https://assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/8th_1985/8th_1985.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250607012759/https://assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/8th_1985/8th_1985.pdf |archive-date=2025-06-07 |access-date=2026-03-22 |website=assembly.tn.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/dmks-cabinet-full-of-foes-turned-friends/articleshow/82698146.cms | title=DMK's cabinet full of foes-turned-friends | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=R Rangaraj | date=17 May 2021 | accessdate=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/m-k-stalin-cabinet-in-tamil-nadu-raj-bhavan-releases-list-of-ministers/articleshow/82430341.cms | title=DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin's cabinet colleagues revealed | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Julie Mariappan | date=6 May 2021 | accessdate=6 May 2021}}</ref>


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly eight times, and won on three consecutive occasions as an [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) candidate from the [[Sattur]] constituency. After the death of [[M. G. Ramachandran]], he won the neighbouring [[Vilathikulam]] constituency as a candidate for the AIADMK ([[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalitha]] faction). He again won Sattur, as a candidate of the then-new [[Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Munnetra Kazhagam]] and subsequently suffered his first defeat after re-joining the AIADMK in 1996. Switching allegiance once more - this time to the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] - he won the next two elections, in 2001 and 2006.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060421150933/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042005070500.htm  Will `Sattur' Ramachandran set record?]</ref>
He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly eight times and won on three consecutive occasions as an [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) candidate from the [[Sattur Assembly constituency|Sattur constituency]]. After the death of [[M. G. Ramachandran]], he won the neighbouring [[Vilathikulam Assembly constituency|Vilathikulam constituency]] as a candidate for the AIADMK ([[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalitha]] faction). He started Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Munnetra Kazhagam with [[Su. Thirunavukkarasar]] in 1989. He again won Sattur, as a candidate for the then-new Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Munnetra Kazhagam (but registered as the candidate of [[Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam]]) and subsequently suffered his first defeat after re-joining and merged his party with AIADMK in 1996. Switching allegiance once more - this time to the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] - he won the next two elections, in 2001 and 2006.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060421150933/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042005070500.htm  Will `Sattur' Ramachandran set record?]</ref>


He was the Minister for Cooperation and Public Works Department in the M. G. Ramachandran Cabinet between 1984 and 1987. In M.Karunanidhi Cabinet he was appointed as the Minister for Health, later appointed as the Minister for Backward class welfare between 2006 and 2011. Currently, he is the Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management.
He was the [[Department of Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Cooperation]] and [[Tamil Nadu Public Works Department|Public Works Department]] in the M. G. Ramachandran Cabinet between 1984 and 1987. In M. Karunanidhi Cabinet he was appointed the [[Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Health]], and later appointed the [[Department of Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Backward class welfare]] between 2006 and 2011. Currently, he is the Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management.


== Elections contested and results ==
== Electoral Career ==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year
! <small>Constituency</small>
! colspan="2"|Party
! Votes
! %
! Opponent
! colspan="2"|<small>Opponent Party</small>
! <small>Opponent Votes</small>
! %
! <small>Result</small>
! Margin
! %
|-
|-
!width=70|Elections
! [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
!width=70|Constituency
| rowspan="3"|[[Sattur Assembly constituency|Sattur]]
!width=70|Result
| {{Party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=3}}
| 38,772
| 43.24
| <small>M. Karmegasamy</small>
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 21,830
| 24.35
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 16,942
| 18.90
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|bgcolor=98FB98|1977
| 54,720
|[[Sattur (state assembly constituency)|Sattur]]
| 69.40
|won
| <small>S. Saudi Sundara Barati</small>
| {{Party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=3}}
| 43,795
| 44.10
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 10,925
| 13.86
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]
|bgcolor=98FB98|1980
| 58,745
|[[Sattur (state assembly constituency)|Sattur]]
| 51.03
|won
| <small>[[S. S. Karuppasamy]]</small>
| 51,338
| 44.60
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 7,407
| 6.43
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
|bgcolor=98FB98|1984
| [[Vilathikulam Assembly constituency|Vilathikulam]]
|[[Sattur (state assembly constituency)|Sattur]]
| {{Party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|shortname=AIADMK(J)}}
|won
| 33,951
| 36.59
| <small>S. Kumaragurubara Ramanathan</small>
| 25,955
| 27.97
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 7,996
| 8.62
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|bgcolor=98FB98|1989
| rowspan="4"|[[Sattur Assembly constituency|Sattur]]
|[[Vilathikulam (state assembly constituency)|Vilathikulam]]
| {{Party name with color|Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam|shortname=TMK}}
|won
| 59,942
| 36.59
| <small>Sannasi Karuppasamy</small>
| {{Party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| 57,703
| 27.97
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 2,239
| 1.28
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|bgcolor=98FB98|1991
| {{Party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[Sattur (state assembly constituency)|Sattur]]
| 49,608
|won
| 36.34
| <small>S. Vijayakumar</small>
| {{Party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| 58,972
| 43.20
| {{no2|Lost}}
| -9,364
| -6.86
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|bgcolor=FFA07A|1996
| {{Party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=5}}
|[[Sattur (state assembly constituency)|Sattur]]
| 57,953
|Lost
| 42.91
| <small>A. Rajendran</small>
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 53,538
| 39.64
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 4,415
| 3.27
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|bgcolor=98FB98|2001
| 73,918
|[[Sattur (state assembly constituency)|Sattur]]
| 49.58
|won
| <small>G. Chockeswaran</small>
| {{Party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=4}}
| 53,073
| 35.60
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 20,845
| 13.98
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|bgcolor=98FB98|2006
| rowspan="3"|[[Aruppukottai Assembly constituency|Aruppukottai]]
|[[Sattur (state assembly constituency)|Sattur]]
| 65,908
|won
| 44.05
| rowspan="3"|<small>[[Vaigaichelvan]]</small>
| 76,546
| 51.15
| {{no2|Lost}}
| -10,638
| -7.11
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|bgcolor=FFA07A|2011
| 81,485
|[[Aruppukottai (state assembly constituency)|Aruppukottai]]
| 49.41
|Lost
| 63,431
| 38.46
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 18,054
| 10.95
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
! [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|bgcolor=98FB98|2016
| 91,040
|[[Aruppukottai (state assembly constituency)|Aruppukottai]]
| 53.18
|won
| 52,006
| 30.38
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 39,034
| 28.80
|-
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|2021
|[[Aruppukottai (state assembly constituency)|Aruppukottai]]
|won
|}
|}


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K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
K. K. S. S. R in 2006
Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu
Assumed office
7 May 2021
Minister
  • Revenue
  • District Revenue Establishment
  • Deputy Collectors
  • Disaster Management
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
R. N. Ravi
Chief MinisterM. K. Stalin
Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
13 May 2006 – 15 May 2011
Minister
  • Backward Classes
  • Most Backward Classes and De-notified Communities
  • Overseas Indians
  • Refugees and Evacuees
  • Handlooms and Textiles
GovernorSurjit Singh Barnala
Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi
Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
14 February 1985 – 7 January 1988
Minister
  • Public Works
Chief MinisterM. G. Ramachandran
Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
9 June 1980 – 14 February 1985
Minister
  • Cooperatives
Chief MinisterM. G. Ramachandran
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
19 May 2016
Preceded byVaigaichelvan
ConstituencyAruppukottai
In office
19 June 1991 – 13 May 2011
Preceded byS. S. Karuppasamy
Succeeded byR. B. Udhaya Kumar
ConstituencySattur
In office
25 January 1989 – 30 January 1991
Preceded byS. Kumara Kurubara Ramanathan
Succeeded byN. C. Kanagavalli
ConstituencyVilathikulam
In office
25 June 1977 – 30 January 1988
Preceded byS. Alagu Thevar
Succeeded byS. S. Karuppasamy
ConstituencySattur
Personal details
Born
Kopalapuram Kanthasamy Subbu Reddiar Subbu Reddiar Ranganatha Reddiar Ramachandran

(1949-08-08) 8 August 1949 (age 76)
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran Reddiyar (generally known as Sattur Ramachandran) is an Indian politician and the current Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Tamil Nadu. He had also been the minister for Backward Classes between 2006 and 2011 in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, India. He has been an MLA 9 times which record he holds with senior members like Duraimurugan and K. A. Sengottaiyan among currently serving MLAs, with a political career spanning over 40 years. His full name is Kopalapuram Kanthasamy Subbu Reddiar Subbu Reddiar Ranganatha Reddiar Ramachandran.[1][2][3][4]

Political career[edit | edit source]

He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly eight times and won on three consecutive occasions as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate from the Sattur constituency. After the death of M. G. Ramachandran, he won the neighbouring Vilathikulam constituency as a candidate for the AIADMK (Jayalalitha faction). He started Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Munnetra Kazhagam with Su. Thirunavukkarasar in 1989. He again won Sattur, as a candidate for the then-new Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Munnetra Kazhagam (but registered as the candidate of Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam) and subsequently suffered his first defeat after re-joining and merged his party with AIADMK in 1996. Switching allegiance once more - this time to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - he won the next two elections, in 2001 and 2006.[5]

He was the Minister for Cooperation and Public Works Department in the M. G. Ramachandran Cabinet between 1984 and 1987. In M. Karunanidhi Cabinet he was appointed the Minister for Health, and later appointed the Minister for Backward class welfare between 2006 and 2011. Currently, he is the Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management.

Electoral Career[edit | edit source]

Year Constituency Party Votes % Opponent Opponent Party Opponent Votes % Result Margin %
1977 Sattur AIADMK 38,772 43.24 M. Karmegasamy INC 21,830 24.35 Won 16,942 18.90
1980 54,720 69.40 S. Saudi Sundara Barati DMK 43,795 44.10 Won 10,925 13.86
1984 58,745 51.03 S. S. Karuppasamy 51,338 44.60 Won 7,407 6.43
1989 Vilathikulam AIADMK 33,951 36.59 S. Kumaragurubara Ramanathan 25,955 27.97 Won 7,996 8.62
1991 Sattur Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam 59,942 36.59 Sannasi Karuppasamy AIADMK 57,703 27.97 Won 2,239 1.28
1996 AIADMK 49,608 36.34 S. Vijayakumar DMK 58,972 43.20 Lost -9,364 -6.86
2001 DMK 57,953 42.91 A. Rajendran INC 53,538 39.64 Won 4,415 3.27
2006 73,918 49.58 G. Chockeswaran AIADMK 53,073 35.60 Won 20,845 13.98
2011 Aruppukottai 65,908 44.05 Vaigaichelvan 76,546 51.15 Lost -10,638 -7.11
2016 81,485 49.41 63,431 38.46 Won 18,054 10.95
2021 91,040 53.18 52,006 30.38 Won 39,034 28.80

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Members, 6th ASSEMBLY(1976-1980)" (PDF). assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  2. "Members, 8th ASSEMBLY(1984-1988)" (PDF). assembly.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  3. "DMK's cabinet full of foes-turned-friends". R Rangaraj. The Times of India. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. "DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin's cabinet colleagues revealed". Julie Mariappan. The Times of India. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. Will `Sattur' Ramachandran set record?