J. Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee is an Indian lawyer and politician belonging to the

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(AIADMK). He was a former

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, representing Thoothukkudi constituency in the

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(the lower house of

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) from 2014 to 2019. J.J.T.Natterjee is a native of the Jacobpuram village, which is located in the Radhapuram taluk. He joined the AIADMK in 1984 before M.G R. He was the party's organizing secretary from 2015-2019, now he is the deputy secretary of AIADMK lawyers' wing. He is also an administrative committee member of the Church of South India's Tuticorin-Nazareth Diocese. In the

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, he defeated P. Jegan of

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 ...

by a margin of 1,24,002 votes.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Natterjee, Jeyasingh Thiyagaraj Living people India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians 1953 births People from Thoothukudi district