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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | |||
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'''M. Vaithianathan''' is an Indian politician and | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
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| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] | |||
| constituency = [[Lawspet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Lawspet]] | |||
| term_start = 02 March 2021 | |||
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| constituency1 = [[Lawspet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Lawspet]] | |||
| term_start1 = 2011 | |||
| term_end1 = 2016 | |||
| predecessor1 = [[M. O. H. F. Shahjahan]] | |||
| successor1 = [[V. P. Sivakolundhu]] | |||
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| party = [[All India N.R. Congress]] (2011-2016) | |||
| otherparty = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2016-12th March 2021)<br /> [[Indian National Congress]] (12th March 2021-present) | |||
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'''M. Vaithianathan''' is an Indian politician and a current member of the [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Lawspet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Lawspet constituency]]. He had earlier won that constituency in an [[All India N.R. Congress]] ticket in the [[2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|2011 Puducherry Assembly election]], polling 10189 votes, defeating [[V. P. Sivakolundhu]] of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] with a margin of 5432 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Election Results- Lawspet Constituency|url= http://www.elections.in/pondicherry/assembly-constituencies/lawspet.html}}</ref> During the [[2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|2016 assembly election]] however, he was denied a ticket from [[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/puducherry2016/vaithianathan-unwilling-to-cede-lawspet-constituency/article8387853.ece | title=Vaithianathan unwilling to cede Lawspet constituency | date=23 March 2016 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=6 June 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/lawspet-set-to-witness-intense-battle/article8550001.ece| title = Lawspet set to witness intense battle - The Hindu| website = [[The Hindu]]}} </ref> He then contested independently but lost to V. P. Sivakolundhu placing himself second in the constituency on poll count.<ref>https://www.elections.in/pondicherry/assembly-constituencies/2016-election-results.html</ref> Just prior to the [[2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|2021 Puducherry assembly election]] Vaithianathan joined the Congress party and contested from Lawspet constituency again, this time defeating the Puducherry [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party|state BJP]] president, [[V. Saminathan]] by a margin of 5701 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lawspet Election Result 2021 Live Updates:M Vaithianathan of INC Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/lawspet-election-result-2021-live-updates-lawspet-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3697049.html |work=www.news18.com |date=2 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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[[Category:People from Pondicherry]] | [[Category:People from Pondicherry]] | ||
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[[Category:All India NR Congress politicians]] | [[Category:All India NR Congress politicians]] | ||
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Puducherry]] | |||
[[Category:Puducherry MLAs 2021–2026]] | |||
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