C. V. Shanmugam is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu. He is currently a Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Mailam. He is a former Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu. He is a four time MLA and senior Minister from AIADMK party in Tamil Nadu. He was a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Villupuram constituency. As a cadre of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, he was previously elected to the Tindivanam constituency in 2001 and 2006 elections. He also served as the state's Minister of Education, Law and Commercial Taxes from 2003 to 2006 and from 2011 to 2013 under the leadership of the Chief Minister Jayalalitha. His father was a previous member of the parliament for the Vandavasi constituency.
He is the son of C. Venugopal, who served as 1977 Vandavasi Loksabha MP and The AIADMK organizer for the united South Arcot district. He served as the party district secretary for 10 years. He won the 2016 elections in Villupuram constituency again and was appointed Minister of Law and Prisons. In 2017 he was again made a district secretary of AIADMK for Villupuram district.
He contested again in Viluppuram constituency but he was defeated by 14,868 votes by R. Lakshmanan.2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India He was arrested on 7 April 2022 for protesting against the cancellation of many subsidy schemes in Tamil Nadu. He also insisted that upper house of the Parliament change the name of the Madras High Court to Tamil Nadu High court in the winter session of the Rajya Sabha held on 7 December 2023. In 2026, he contested from Mailam and won by a margin of 30,041 votes.https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/candidateswise-S2271.htm
Electoral history Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly +YearConstituencyPartyVotes%OpponentOpponent PartyVotes%MarginMargin in %Results2001Tindivanam54,88453.31R. Sedunathan42,73641.5112,14811.80 Won200655,85647.04M. Karunanithi53,64845.182,2081.86 Won2011Villupuram 90,30452.18K. Ponmudy78,20745.1912,0976.99 Won201669,42136.74S. M. Ameer Abbas47,13024.9422,29111.80 Won202187,40342.87R. Lakshmanan102,27150.16 -14,868 -7.29 Lost2026Mailam 82,35343.52A. Vijay Niranjan52,31227.6530,04115.87 Won
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