John Christian Devavaram Prabhakar is an Indian politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu representing the Thousand Lights Assembly constituency, as a member of the TVK. He is the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
He previously was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai District as a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a party he represented till 2026.
In September 2016, Prabhakar was put forward as an AIADMK candidate for the Chennai Corporation elections.
On 3 January 2026 he joined the TVK Party. He is also the candidate in Thousand Lights Chennai in the 2026 Assembly elections.
Elections contested Tamilnadu State Legislative Assembly elections contested ElectionsConstituencyPartyResultVote percentageOpposition candidateOpposition partyOpposition vote percentage 1980VillivakkamAIADMK47.84K. SuppuDMK47.25 1984VillivakkamAIADMK47.59V. P. ChintanCPI(M)48.21 1989VillivakkamAIADMK(Ja)14.24W. R. VaradarajanCPI(M)46.77 2011VillivakkamAIADMK52.44K. AnbazhaganDMK44.20 2016KolathurAIADMK31.83M. K. StalinDMK54.25 2021VillivakkamAIADMK27.26A. VetriazhaganDMK53.37 2026Thousand LightsTVK 44.73 Ezhilan NaganathanDMK 33.24
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