B. John Pandian

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. 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.

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.

He contested the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as independent candidate in Mudukulathur and Nilakkottai as the party opted to contest unaligned.

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

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. 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.

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

Elections contested

Lok Sabha Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentOpponent party Opponent votes % Result Margin % 1989 Perambalur 83,933 12.54 A. Asokraj 357,565 53.41 -273,632 -40.87 2024 Tenkasi 208,825 20.1 Dr. Rani Srikumar 425,679 40.97 -216,854 -20.87

Tamilnadu State Legislative Assembly Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentOpponent party Opponent votes % Result Margin % 2021 Egmore 30,064 25.46 I. Paranthamen 68,832 58.29 -38,768 -32.83 2016 Tiruvadanai 9,597 5.14 Karunas 76,786 41.14 -67,189 -362011 Nilakottai 6,882 4.8 A. Ramasamy 75,124 52.45 -68,242 -47.65 Mudukulathur 21,701 12.22 M. Murugan 83,225 46.87 -61,524 -34.65 2001 Egmore 33,103 47.57 Parithi Ilamvazhuthi 33,189 47.69 -86 -0.12 1996 Valangiman 11,984 12.67 Gomathi Srinivasan 48,019 50.78 -36,035 -38.11 1991 Mudukulathur 29,021 30.24 S. Balakrishnan 40,065 41.74 -11,044 -11.5