A. Namassivayam

Arumugam Namassivayam is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is current Home Minister of Puducherry. He is also serving as minister of Sports and Youth Affairs in Rangaswamy ministry. He represents Mannadipet in Puducherry Legislative Assembly.

Political career He was the ex-president of Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee. On January 25, 2021, he was suspended from the Congress party for his anti-party activities. Following that Namassivayam submitted his MLA resignation letter to the assembly speaker and quit Congress party. He joined Bharathiya Janata Party along with his supporter Theeppainthan on 28 January 2021 in the presence of its national general secretary Arun Singh.He won from Mannadipet on a BJP ticket by 2,750 votes defeating DMK candidate A Krishan and is the current home and sports minister of Puducherry government in Fourth Rangaswamy ministry. In 2024, he contested from Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency as a BJP candidate with AINRC support and finished as runner up.

Electoral History Legislative Assembly Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentParty Votes % Result Margin % 2026Mannadipet 15,918 53.96 T.P.R. Selvame 9,808 33.25 6,110 20.71 2021 14,939 51.82 A. Krishnan 12,189 42.28 2,750 9.54 2016Villianur 18,009 57.11 Jayakumar 9,728 30.85 8,281 26.26 2011 13,105 52.03 K. Nadarajan 11,564 45.91 1,541 6.12 2006Ozhukarai 14,072 48.14K. Natarajan 12,824 43.87 1,248 4.27 2001 10,164 45.49 6,021 26.95 4,143 18.54 1996 4,301 22.68 7,794 41.10 3,493 18.42

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