Padma (politician)

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Dr. Padma (born 5 January 1945 in Uppiliapuram, Trichinopoly District) is an Indian medical doctor and politician.[1] She is the daughter of M. Sengamalam, married C. Nammalvar in 1966.[1] She obtained a M.B.B.S. degree from Thanjavur Medical College.[1]

The Indian National Congress fielded Dr. Padma as its candidate for Nagapattinam (SC) seat in the 1991 Indian general election.[2] She won the seat, obtaining 49.71% of the votes, defeating the incumbent Communist Party of India parliamentarian M. Selvarasu.[2] Dr. Padma was the second woman to be elected to the Lok Sabha from the central districts of Tamil Nadu since Independence.[3]

Padma was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Nannilam constituency in the 1996 elections.[4] The constituency was reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.[4] She stood as a candidate of the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) party.[4]

Ahead of the 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The Hindu claimed that the TMC leadership had doubts about fielding Dr. Padma again as candidate in Nannilam.[5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 C. K. Jain (1993). Women parliamentarians in India. Published for Lok Sabha Secretariat by Surjeet Publications. p. 756.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1991 TO THE TENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS) Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ The Hindu. Only 2 women MPs from central districts
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 9. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  5. ↑ The Hindu. Sulking senior TMC leaders given ticket[dead link]
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