Edappadi K. Palaniswami Election Results

Edappadi K. Palaniswami 

 

Personal Life:

• Palaniswami was born on 12 May 1954 to Karuppa Gounder and Thavasiyammal at Anthiyur, Erode district, Madras State (present-day Tamil Nadu).
• His parents were farmers. After completing school, he enrolled for B.Sc degree in Sri Vasavi College but did not graduate. 
• He has a brother Govindraj and a sister Ranjitham.He is married to Ratha Palaniswami and has one son and is an agriculturalist by occupation.

Member of Legislative Assembly:

Year	Constituency	Position	From	To
1989	Edappadi	Member of Legislative Assembly	6 February 1989	30 January 1991
1991	Edappadi	Member of Legislative Assembly	1 July 1991	12 May 1996
2011	Edappadi	Minister of Highways and Minor Ports	16 May 2011	22 May 2016
2016	Edappadi	Minister of Highways and Minor Ports and Minister of Public Works	23 May 2016	15 February 2017
2016	Edappadi	Chief Minister	16 February 2017	Incumbent

Election Results:

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	1,04,586	56.38
PMK	Karthe M	69,848	37.66
IJK	Venkatesan M	3,638	1.96

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	98,703	43.74
PMK	Annadurai N	56,681	25.12
DMK	Murugesan P A	55,149	24.44

Awards:

1. Paul Harris Fellow (2020)
2. Honorary Doctorate (2019)