M. Jagan Moorthy | |
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| Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Preceded by | G. Loganathan |
| Constituency | K. V. Kuppam |
| In office 2006–2011 | |
| Preceded by | K. Bhavani Karunakaran |
| Succeeded by | S. Ravi |
| Constituency | Arakkonam |
| President of Puratchi Bharatham Katchi | |
| Assumed office September 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Poovai M. Moorthy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1966 Andersonpettai, Poonamallee, Madras State (now in Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu), India |
| Political party |  Puratchi Bharatham Katchi |
M . Jagan Moorthy (born 10 May 1966) is an Indian politician and social activist of Tamilnadu. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly from K. V. Kuppam of Tamil Nadu. He is the current President of the Puratchi Bharatham party(PBK). Moorthy' became the president of the PBK on September 7, 2002, with the unanimous support of many senior party executives.
He rose as a powerful revolutionary leader among Dalits of Tamilnadu. His political policy and foundation is to eliminate caste and religion discrimination in the society. His political platform believes on the principle that education only can enlighten the social structure.
In 2006, He made alliance with DMK front and Contested in Tamil Nadu legislative assembly for Arakkonam constituency and won in 2006 election. He and his party supported AIADMK in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. He continued his alliance with AIADMK in 2021 Tamilnadu Elections and He contested in K. V. Kuppam constituency of Tamil Nadu and won in 2021 elections.
He is an equality leader who speaks for the welfare of not only the Dalits but also for the Tamil people. He had many protests for the welfare of students and people of Tamilnadu.
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This section is transcluded from Kilvaithinankuppam Assembly constituency. (edit | history) |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| AIADMK | M. Jaganmoorthy | 84,579 | 49.08% | 3.32% | |
| DMK | K. Seetharaman | 73,997 | 42.94% | 3.08% | |
| NTK | J. Divya Rani | 10,027 | 5.82% | 5.34% | |
| NOTA | Nota | 1,798 | 1.04% | -0.16% | |
| DMDK | P. Dhanaseelan | 1,432 | 0.83% | -1.69% | |
| RPPRINAT | K. Elavarasan | 547 | 0.32% | ||
| IJK | K. Venkatasamy | 519 | 0.30% | ||
| BSP | D. Pushpalatha | 519 | 0.30% | 0.02% | |
| Independent | S. Selva Chenguttuvan | 331 | 0.19% | ||
| Independent | E. P. Elanchezhiyan | 242 | 0.14% | ||
| NDPOSI | K. Sathu | 133 | 0.08% | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,582 | 6.14% | 0.24% | ||
| Turnout | 172,326 | 75.83% | -4.56% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 553 | 0.32% | |||
| Registered electors | 227,241 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 3.32% | |||
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This section is transcluded from Arakkonam Assembly constituency. (edit | history) |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| DMK | M. Jaganmoorthy | 66,338 | 47.17% | +8.73 | |
| AIADMK | S. Ravi | 58,782 | 41.79% | -13.29 | |
| DMDK | R. Usha Rani | 9,185 | 6.53% | New | |
| Independent | V. Ravi | 2,092 | 1.49% | New | |
| BJP | C. Vijayan | 1,561 | 1.11% | New | |
| SP | M. Amutha | 1,143 | 0.81% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,556 | 5.37% | -11.27% | ||
| Turnout | 140,646 | 73.90% | 10.36% | ||
| Registered electors | 190,314 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -7.92% | |||