P. Ramaswamy Natarajan (born 21 December 1950) is a member of the
17th Lok Sabha
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of
India
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. He represents the
Coimbatore constituency of
Tamil Nadu
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and is a member of the
CPI(M). He is the parliamentary group leader of
CPIM in
Loksabha.
Personal life
P. R. Natarajan was born to P. V. Ramaswamy Iyer and Mangalambal at
Gobichettipalayam on 21 December 1950. He has completed his
B.A. from
Pachaiyappa's College,
Madras University
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.
[ P. R. Natarajan is married to R. Vanaja. They got married on 5 April 1981.
]
Political career
He was elected to Lok Sabha from Coimbatore Lok Sabha Constituency
Coimbatore is a Lok Sabha constituency in western Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 20 of 39. It is the largest city of the Western region of Tamil Nadu and the district headquarters of the Coimbatore distri ...
, Tamil Nadu in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after defeating C. P. Radhakrishnan
C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 4 May 1957) is an Indian politician who is the 10th and current Governor of Jharkhand since 2023. He was the member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Coimbatore. He was also the ...
of BJP by over 1.79 Lakh votes.S. Venkatesan
S. Venkatesan also known as Su. Venkatesan is a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India and Tamil Nadu State Committee member of CPI(M). Venkatesan is a state committee member of the Party and a whole-timer of the Party. He is the state president o ...
from Madurai
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are the two Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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MPs from Tamil Nadu. P. R. Natarajan was also a member of the 15th Lok Sabha
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...
, when he defeated R. Prabhu
R. Prabhu (born 31 May 1947) was an Indian National Congress member of Parliament in India, representing the Nilgiris (Ooty) constituency of Tamil Nadu, India. He was elected from Nilgiris five times since 1980 and one time Union Minister in Ra ...
of Indian National Congress
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in 2009, with a margin of over 35000 votes.
References
External links
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
P. R. Natarajan in www.india.gov.in
1950 births
Living people
India MPs 2009–2014
People from Coimbatore
Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu
Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidates in the 2014 Indian general election
Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tamil Nadu
Politicians from Coimbatore
India MPs 2019–present
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