A._Vetriazhagan
A. Vetriazhagan
Tamil Nadu politician
A. Vetriazhagan is a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly representing the Villivakkam constituency in the 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly.[1][2] He is the grandson of Perasiriyar K. Anbazhagan who was the finance minister of Tamil Nadu in M. Karunanthi's ministry.[3]
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A. Vetriazhagan | |
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| Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | J. C. D. Prabhakar |
| Succeeded by | B. Ranganathan |
| Constituency | Villivakkam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1978-09-11) 11 September 1978 (age 45) |
| Political party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Spouse | V. Valarnila |
| Relations | Perasiriyar K. Anbazhagan (Grandfather) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent | A. Anbuchelvan (father) V. Kalyani (mother) |
| Alma mater | Dav Mogapair, Don bosco, B.E (Electronics and Communication Engineering) From Anna University, MBA from Annamalai University, Chennai |
| Occupation | Social entrepreneur, businessman, educationalist, politician |
| Website | www |
Born on 11 September, 1978, A Vertiazhagan completed his schooling at Don Bosco, Egmore and higher secondary at DAV Mogappair. He completed his B.E. Electronics & Communication from Anna University, Chennai followed by an MBA from Annamalai University.
Mr. Vetriazhagan contested in the prestigious Senate Constituency of Madras University to be elected for Pachaiyappas Trust Board. Got elected in the year 2009 as Trustee from the Madras University and as Financial Trustee in the Board Member Election. Consecutively, he won the Board Elections and got elected as Financial Trustee for a total period of three terms and served the position of FT (Financial Trustee) from 2009 – 2012. He resigned in the year 2012 from Pachaiyappas Trust Board.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| DMK | A. Vetriazhagan | 76,127 | 53.37% | +9.41 | |
| AIADMK | J. C. D. Prabhakar | 38,890 | 27.26% | -10.48 | |
| MNM | Sriharan | 13,364 | 9.37% | New | |
| NTK | R. Sridar | 10,914 | 7.65% | +5.65 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,444 | 1.01% | -1.26 | |
| DMDK | D. Subamangalam | 1,094 | 0.77% | -4.72 | |
| Margin of victory | 37,237 | 26.10% | 19.89% | ||
| Turnout | 142,648 | 55.88% | -4.00% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 881 | 0.62% | |||
| Registered electors | 255,278 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | 9.41% | |||
- MLA from Villivakkam constituency (from May 2021 to present) on the 16th Assembly of TN
- Financial trustee of Pachaiyappa's trust board from 2009 – 2012
- Senate Member of Madras University – presently serving
- Founder AV Group
- Managing trustee of AV Educational trust
- "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- "16th Assembly - Member Names with Constituencies". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- "DMK's Vetriazhagan to face his grandpa's rival". The New Indian Express.
- "Villivakkam Election Result". Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- "Tmil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021 - Tamil Nadu - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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