S. Kathiravan

S. Kathiravan (born 12 October 1975) is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Manachanallur as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2021.

Early life Kathiravan was born to A. Srinivasan and S. Dhanalakshmi on 12 October 1975. He was the last child for his parents. He has 3 elder sisters. He is from reddiar community.

Personal life

His father A. Srinivasan is the founder of Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Groups. They own medical colleges, hospitals, engineering colleges, schools, sugar mills, chit funds, transports, hotels. He completed his Engineering degree in PSNA College.

He was married to Ananthalakshmi Kathiravan, the couple have 2 children.

Political career He joined Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in 2021. Within one month of time he got the ticket from Manachanallur Assembly constituency to contest as a DMK candidate. He defeated the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate ex minister M. Paranjothi with a highest margin of 59,618 votes.

Elections contested Election Constituency Party Result Vote % Runner-up Runner-up Party Runner-up vote % Ref. 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Manachanallur DMK Won 59.46% M. Paranjothi ADMK 28.99%