Kanchi Panneerselvam is an Indian politician and former

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

elected from

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. He was elected to the

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from Chengalpattu constituency as an

Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...

candidate in

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and

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

elections. He also served as a

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

. He was elected to the

Tamil Nadu legislative assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members of whom are democratically elected using the First-past-the-post voting, First-past-the-post system. The pres ...

as an

candidate from Uthiramerur constituency in 1991 election.1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Living people India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu People from Kanchipuram district Year of birth missing (living people) Tamil Nadu MLAs 1991–1996 {{AIADMK-politician-stub