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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name              =  M.R. Gandhi
| name              =  M.R. Gandhi
| image              =  
| image              = MR Gandhi.png
| birth_name = Mavilai Ramasamy Nadar Gandhi
| birth_name = Mavilai Ramasamy Gandhi
| birth_date        = 25 July{{Birth year and age|1945}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/tamil-nadu/nagercoil-election-result-live-updates-round-wise-counting-of-votes-lead-trail-n-suresh-rajan-vs-m-r-gandhi-4628344/|title=Nagercoil Election Result: Gandhi MR of BJP Wins With 1,8769 Votes, Defeats DMK|first=India com News|last=Desk|date=2 May 2021|website=India News, Breaking News &#124; India.com}}</ref>
| birth_date        ={{Birth date and age|1945|7|25|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/tamil-nadu/nagercoil-election-result-live-updates-round-wise-counting-of-votes-lead-trail-n-suresh-rajan-vs-m-r-gandhi-4628344/|title=Nagercoil Election Result: Gandhi MR of BJP Wins With 1,8769 Votes, Defeats DMK|first=India com News|last=Desk|date=2 May 2021|website=India News, Breaking News &#124; India.com}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Kanyakumari district]]
| birth_place        = [[Kanyakumari district]]
| nationality        = [[India]]n
| nationality        = Indian
| party              = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| party              = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| otherparty = [[Jana Sangh]]
| otherparty = [[Jana Sangh]]
| office1            = Member of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| office1            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1    = [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]]
| constituency1    = [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]]
| term_start1 = 2 May 2021
| term_start1 = 12 May 2021
| predecessor1 = [[N. Suresh Rajan]]
| predecessor1 = [[N. Suresh Rajan]]
| office2 = Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party-Tamil Nadu
| office2 = Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party-Tamil Nadu
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'''Mavilai Ramasamy Nadar Gandhi''' is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nagercoil]]. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/nagercoil-election-result-2021-live-updates-nagercoil-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3697712.html|title=Nagercoil Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Gandhi M R of BJP Wins|date=2 May 2021|website=www.news18.com}}</ref> He is the former vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu.
'''Mavilai Ramasamy Gandhi''' is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nagercoil]]. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/nagercoil-election-result-2021-live-updates-nagercoil-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3697712.html|title=Nagercoil Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Gandhi M R of BJP Wins|date=2 May 2021|website=www.news18.com}}</ref> He is the former vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu.


==Early life==
==Early life and education==


Gandhi was born into an agricultural family in [[Kanyakumari district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is uneducated and  never attended school due to his family's bad economic situation.<ref name=":0" />
Gandhi was born into an agricultural family in [[Kanyakumari district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Scott Christian College at Madurai Kamaraj University in 1967.<ref>https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-profile/eyJpdiI6ImxUYzF2Q2JvUkVHcTJWWHNyRVwvbUtnPT0iLCJ2YWx1ZSI6Im9zZ0k2MXFYeGF4SU9GMytyWGJzenc9PSIsIm1hYyI6IjdmYjQ1MTg5ODhkNTk1YjhlNjBjOWMzNjFjNmMwNzkyMTQyNDJmNmMzN2FiNWRlM2QxMmM4ZTdhNjkyMTA4NGEifQ==/MTY=/MTA=/Mw==/QUM=</ref> Gandhi remains unmarried.<ref name=":0" />


== Political life ==
== Political career ==


He played a pivotal role in establishing the [[Hindu nationalist]] organisation, [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] in Kanyakumari.<ref name=":0" /> He was one of the leaders of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] in Kanyakumari district.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maran|first=Mathivanan|date=2019-07-29|title=ஆளுநராகிறார் தமிழகத்தின் மூத்த ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸ். தலைவர் குமரி காந்தி அண்ணாச்சி?|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/chennai/one-more-senior-rss-leader-from-tn-to-become-governor-358446.html|access-date=2021-05-16|website=tamil.oneindia.com|language=ta}}</ref>
He played a pivotal role in establishing the [[Hindu nationalist]] organisation, [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] in Kanyakumari.<ref name=":0" /> He was one of the leaders of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] in Kanyakumari district.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maran|first=Mathivanan|date=2019-07-29|title=ஆளுநராகிறார் தமிழகத்தின் மூத்த ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸ். தலைவர் குமரி காந்தி அண்ணாச்சி?|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/chennai/one-more-senior-rss-leader-from-tn-to-become-governor-358446.html|access-date=2021-05-16|website=tamil.oneindia.com|language=ta}}</ref>


In 1967, he was the Kanyakumari district president of [[Jana Sangh]] and in 1975 he was the Tamil Nadu state secretary of the party. He was also he was jailed during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thefederal.com/tamilnadu-elections-2021/bjps-gandhi-dispels-saffron-myths-in-tamil-nadu-villages/|title=BJP's Gandhi dispels 'saffron myths' in Tamil Nadu villages|date=23 March 2021|website=The Federal}}</ref> He served as Tamil Nadu state BJP vice-president from 2016 and 2020,
In 1967, he was the Kanyakumari district president of [[Jana Sangh]] and in 1975 he was the Tamil Nadu state secretary of the party. He was also jailed during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thefederal.com/tamilnadu-elections-2021/bjps-gandhi-dispels-saffron-myths-in-tamil-nadu-villages/|title=BJP's Gandhi dispels 'saffron myths' in Tamil Nadu villages|date=23 March 2021|website=The Federal}}</ref> He served as Tamil Nadu state BJP vice-president from 2016 and 2020.
 
He was assaulted by a gang with sickles when he was going for a walk on 21 April 2013 and suffered multiple injuries in this attempt to murder him.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-04-17 |title=Madras HC stays hearing in BJP leader's attack case in Nagercoil |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/madras-hc-stays-hearing-in-bjp-leaders-attack-case-in-nagercoil/articleshow/46957693.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-03-21 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-17 |title=Five acquitted in attempt to murder case |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/five-acquitted-in-attempt-to-murder-case/articleshow/69365360.cms |access-date=2024-03-21 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>


He unsuccessfully contested from  [[Colachel]] in 1984 and [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]] in 2006. Gandhi contested the [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] and won against DMK's former Minister [[N. Suresh Rajan]] by a margin of 11,669 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/bjp-candidate-defeats-suresh-rajan-in-nagercoil/article34467620.ece|title=BJP candidate defeats Suresh Rajan in Nagercoil|date=2 May 2021|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
He unsuccessfully contested from  [[Colachel]] in 1984 and [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]] in 2006. Gandhi contested the [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] and won against DMK's former Minister [[N. Suresh Rajan]] by a margin of 11,669 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/bjp-candidate-defeats-suresh-rajan-in-nagercoil/article34467620.ece|title=BJP candidate defeats Suresh Rajan in Nagercoil|date=2 May 2021|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
 
==Electoral performance ==
==Elections ==
=== Assembly Elections ===
=== Assembly Elections ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
====[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]====
|+
 
!Election
{|  
!Party
|- style="background:#adc;"
!Constituency
! Election !! Party !! Constituency !! Result !! Votes gained !! Vote % !! Criteria
!Result
|- style="background:#cfc;"
!Votes gained
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Janata Party]] || [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]] || ||  ||||
!Vote %
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Colachel (state assembly constituency)|Colachel]] || ||  ||  ||Loss by nearly 584 votes
|[[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]  
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|[[Janata Party]]
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Colachel (state assembly constituency)|Colachel]] || 2nd Place || 29,321 || ||
|[[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]]
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|{{Lost}}
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Kanyakumari (state assembly constituency)|Kanyakumari]] || 3rd Place || 20,094 || 11.15%||
|693
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|0.96%
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]] || 2nd Place || 46,413 || 26.78%||
|-
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|[[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]  
|bgcolor="98FB98"| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]] || WON || 88,804 || 48.21% || Win by 11669 votes
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Colachel (state assembly constituency)|Colachel]]
|{{Lost}}
|32,996
|38.64%
|-
|[[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]]  
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Colachel (state assembly constituency)|Colachel]]
|{{Lost}}
|29,321
|36.75%
|-
|[[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]]  
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Kanyakumari (state assembly constituency)|Kanyakumari]]
|{{Lost}}
|20,094
|11.15%
|-
|[[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016]]  
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]]
|{{Lost}}
|46,413
|26.78%
|-
|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]  
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Nagercoil (state assembly constituency)|Nagercoil]]
|{{Won}}
|88,804
|48.21%
|}
|}


=== Lok Sabha Elections ===
=== Lok Sabha Elections ===


====[[Lok Sabha]]====
{| class="wikitable"
 
|+
{|- style="background:#adc;"
!Year
! Year !! Election !! Party !! Constituency !! Result !! Votes gained !! Vote %
!Election
|- style="background:#ffc;"
!Party
| 1989 || [[9th Lok Sabha]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagercoil]] || 2nd Place ||  ||  
!Constituency
!Result
!Votes gained
!Vote %
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[9th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagercoil]]
|{{Lost}}
|39,164
|7.12%
|}
|}


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[[Category:People from Kanyakumari district]]
[[Category:Politicians from Kanyakumari district]]
[[Category:Members of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026]]
[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:1945 births]]

Latest revision as of 09:53, 28 February 2026


M.R. Gandhi
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
12 May 2021
Preceded byN. Suresh Rajan
ConstituencyNagercoil
Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party-Tamil Nadu
In office
2016 - 2020
Personal details
Born
Mavilai Ramasamy Gandhi

(1945-07-25) 25 July 1945 (age 81)[1]
Kanyakumari district
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Jana Sangh

Mavilai Ramasamy Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Nagercoil. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] He is the former vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Gandhi was born into an agricultural family in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Scott Christian College at Madurai Kamaraj University in 1967.[3] Gandhi remains unmarried.[4]

Political career[edit | edit source]

He played a pivotal role in establishing the Hindu nationalist organisation, Bharatiya Jana Sangh in Kanyakumari.[4] He was one of the leaders of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Kanyakumari district.[5]

In 1967, he was the Kanyakumari district president of Jana Sangh and in 1975 he was the Tamil Nadu state secretary of the party. He was also jailed during The Emergency.[4] He served as Tamil Nadu state BJP vice-president from 2016 and 2020.

He was assaulted by a gang with sickles when he was going for a walk on 21 April 2013 and suffered multiple injuries in this attempt to murder him.[6][7]

He unsuccessfully contested from Colachel in 1984 and Nagercoil in 2006. Gandhi contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election and won against DMK's former Minister N. Suresh Rajan by a margin of 11,669 votes.[8]

Electoral performance[edit | edit source]

Assembly Elections[edit | edit source]

Election Party Constituency Result Votes gained Vote %
1980 Janata Party Nagercoil Lost 693 0.96%
1984 Bharatiya Janata Party Colachel Lost 32,996 38.64%
2006 Bharatiya Janata Party Colachel Lost 29,321 36.75%
2011 Bharatiya Janata Party Kanyakumari Lost 20,094 11.15%
2016 Bharatiya Janata Party Nagercoil Lost 46,413 26.78%
2021 Bharatiya Janata Party Nagercoil Won 88,804 48.21%

Lok Sabha Elections[edit | edit source]

Year Election Party Constituency Result Votes gained Vote %
1989 9th Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party Nagercoil Lost 39,164 7.12%

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Desk, India com News (2 May 2021). "Nagercoil Election Result: Gandhi MR of BJP Wins With 1,8769 Votes, Defeats DMK". India News, Breaking News | India.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ "Nagercoil Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Gandhi M R of BJP Wins". www.news18.com. 2 May 2021.
  3. ↑ https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-profile/eyJpdiI6ImxUYzF2Q2JvUkVHcTJWWHNyRVwvbUtnPT0iLCJ2YWx1ZSI6Im9zZ0k2MXFYeGF4SU9GMytyWGJzenc9PSIsIm1hYyI6IjdmYjQ1MTg5ODhkNTk1YjhlNjBjOWMzNjFjNmMwNzkyMTQyNDJmNmMzN2FiNWRlM2QxMmM4ZTdhNjkyMTA4NGEifQ==/MTY=/MTA=/Mw==/QUM=
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "BJP's Gandhi dispels 'saffron myths' in Tamil Nadu villages". The Federal. 23 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Maran, Mathivanan (29 July 2019). "ஆளுநராகிறார் தமிழகத்தின் மூத்த ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸ். தலைவர் குமரி காந்தி அண்ணாச்சி?". tamil.oneindia.com (in தமிழ்). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Madras HC stays hearing in BJP leader's attack case in Nagercoil". The Economic Times. 17 April 2015. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Five acquitted in attempt to murder case". The Times of India. 17 May 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "BJP candidate defeats Suresh Rajan in Nagercoil". 2 May 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.
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