A. L. S. Lakshmanan is an Indian politician who was elected to the

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in the 2016 elections from the Tirunelveli constituency. He was a candidate of the

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

party and won the seat from the incumbent,

Nainar Nagendran Nainar Nagendran is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state of Tamil Nadu. Political career He left the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party in August 2017 to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. He ...

, by 601 votes. The result overturned the outcome of the 2011 contest for the seat, when Nagendran had won by over 38,000 votes. Lakshmanan's father was A. L. Subramanian, who himself was elected as

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for the Tirunelveli constituency on three occasions.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lakshmanan, A. L. S. Living people Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 Year of birth missing (living people)