B. John Pandian Explained

Birth Name:B. John Pandian
Birth Date:1955 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Sivalarkulam,Alangulam
Tirunelveli District,
Madras State
(now in Tenkasi district,
Tamil Nadu), India
Residence:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Office:State Youth Wing Secretary, Pattali Makkal Katchi
Termstart:1989
Termend:1996
Office1:Founder & Chairman of Devendrar College of Physiotherapy
Termstart1:1998
Office2:Founder and leader of Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
Termstart2:14 April 2000
Party: Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam[1]
(2000-present)
Otherparty: PMK (19891995)
Occupation:Advocate, Politician
Spouse:Priscilla Pandian
Children:Dr Viyango Pandian
Dr Vinolin Nivetha Pandian
Education:Master of Arts: Madurai Kamaraj University

B. John Pandian is an advocate, social worker and an Indian politician from Tamilnadu. He founded the Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam party in 2000.

Political career

He was initially part of Pattali Makkal Katchi party since 1989, holding the post of Youth Wing Secretary.[2] He contested the 1989 Indian general election in Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency as PMK candidate in 1989 and also contested the 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in Mudukulathur Assembly constituency and securing the second place surpassing the DMK candidate.[3]

He formed the Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam party in 2000. The party joined AIADMK-led Alliance alliance in 2001 and got allotted one seat. John Pandian contested 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in Egmore and lost the seat by a slender margin of 86 votes.[4]

He contested the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as independent candidate in Mudukulathur Assembly constituency as the party opted to contest unaligned.[5]

He contested the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as independent candidate in Tiruvadanai Assembly constituency, citing differences in AIADMK-led Alliance.[6]

Then, He joined the NDA alliance in 2017. He then advocated for the merger of six sub castes in Scheduled Caste list and a naming of them as "Devendrakula Velalar". Then he also proposed for the delisting of those sub sects into Other Backward Class.[7] With the name change and merging successful, he contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as a candidate in Egmore constituency again. But post the elections, he left the AIADMK-led Alliance citing differences over seat sharing in the election.[8] [9]

As a part of NDA alliance, he was nominated to contest the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency seat in Lotus symbol.[10]

Elections Contested

Lok Sabha Elections Contested

ElectionsConstituencyPartyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentage
1989PerambalurPMK12.54A. AsokrajAIADMK53.41
2024TenkasiBJPTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD

Tamilnadu State Legislative Assembly Elections Contested

ElectionsConstituencyPartyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentage
1991MudukulathurPMK30.24S. BalakrishnanINC41.74
1996ValangimanIndependent12.67Gomathi SrinivasanDMK50.78
2001EgmoreAIADMK47.57Parithi IlamvazhuthiDMK47.69
2011MudukulathurTMMK12.22M. MuruganAIADMK46.87
2011NilakottaiTMMK4.80A. RamasamyPT52.45
2016TiruvadanaiTMMK5.14KarunasAIADMK41.14
2021EgmoreAIADMK25.46I. ParanthamenDMK58.29

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, India. www.crwflags.com.
  2. Web site: Ramadoss 1st to support Devendrakula Velalars' demand. 16 February 2021. DT Next. en. 2024-03-26.
  3. Web site: Ramadas is full of emotion. 15 February 2021. DT Next. en. 2024-03-26.
  4. Web site: AIADMK contests Egmore. 14 April 2016. Deccan Chronicle. en. 2024-03-26.
  5. Web site: John Pandian's TMMK to go it alone in Assembly polls. 22 April 2016. DT Next. en. 2024-03-26.
  6. Web site: Not for splitting votes, says John Pandian. 28 April 2016. DT Next. en. 2024-03-26.
  7. Web site: TMMK president John Pandian's remarks draw flak from Vathiriyar community. 6 October 2020. The New Indian Express. en. 2024-03-26.
  8. Web site: John Pandian's TMMK exits AIADMK alliance. 19 July 2021. The New Indian Express. en. 2024-03-26.
  9. Web site: BJP invites allies in TN for NDA meet. 19 July 2023. Times of India. en. 2024-03-26.
  10. Web site: Radikaa Sarathkumar, John Pandian in BJP's fourth list of Lok Sabha candidates. 22 March 2022. India Today. en. 2024-03-26.