K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran

K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran Reddiyar (generally known as Sattur Ramachandran) is an Indian politician served as the Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management of Tamil Nadu He had also been the minister for Backward Classes between 2006 and 2011. He has been elected to the Tamil Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 9 times with a political career spanning over 40 years.

Political career He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly eight times and won on three consecutive occasions as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate from the Sattur constituency. After the death of M. G. Ramachandran, he won the neighbouring Vilathikulam constituency as a candidate for the AIADMK (Jayalalitha faction). He started Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Munnetra Kazhagam with Su. Thirunavukkarasar in 1989. He again won Sattur, as a candidate for the then-new Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Munnetra Kazhagam (but registered as the candidate of Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam) and subsequently suffered his first defeat after re-joining and merged his party with AIADMK in 1996. Switching allegiance once more - this time to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - he won the next two elections, in 2001 and 2006.

He was the Minister for Cooperation and Public Works Department in the M. G. Ramachandran Cabinet between 1984 and 1987. In M. Karunanidhi Cabinet he was appointed the Minister for Health, and later appointed the Minister for Backward class welfare between 2006 and 2011. Currently, he is the Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management.

Electoral Career Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentOpponent Party Opponent Votes % Result Margin % 1977Sattur 38,772 43.24 M. Karmegasamy 21,830 24.35 16,942 18.90 1980 54,720 69.40 S. Saudi Sundara Barati 43,795 44.10 10,925 13.86 1984 58,745 51.03 S. S. Karuppasamy 51,338 44.60 7,407 6.43 1989 Vilathikulam 33,951 36.59 S. Kumaragurubara Ramanathan 25,955 27.97 7,996 8.62 1991Sattur 59,942 36.59 Sannasi Karuppasamy 57,703 27.97 2,239 1.28 1996 49,608 36.34 S. Vijayakumar 58,972 43.20 -9,364 -6.86 2001 57,953 42.91 A. Rajendran 53,538 39.64 4,415 3.27 2006 73,918 49.58 G. Chockeswaran 53,073 35.60 20,845 13.98 2011Aruppukottai 65,908 44.05Vaigaichelvan 76,546 51.15 -10,638 -7.11 2016 81,485 49.41 63,431 38.46 18,054 10.95 2021 91,040 53.18 52,006 30.38 39,034 28.80 2026 65,104 36.49 K. Karthik Kumar 60,161 33.72 4,943 2.77