Manickam Tagore is an Indian politician and current President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and Member of the Parliament of India, representing Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. He is a Whip of Congress Party in Lok Sabha.
He earlier represented the constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party.
Positions held +YearPositions1994District General Secretary, NSUI1995Member, State NSUI1996General Secretary, NSUI, Tamil Nadu1997General Secretary, All India NSUI1999Vice President, All India NSUI2003 and 2005General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress2006Chairman, Central Election Authority2008Election Commissioner, Indian Youth Congress2009Elected to 15th Lok SabhaMember, Standing Committee on FinanceMember, National Board on Micro and Medium EnterprisesMember, Consultative Committee on Civil Aviation2013Member, AICC Screening Committee for Chhattisgarh Assembly Election2014Member, AICC Screen Committee for Lok Sabha Elections in West Bengal, Bihar and AssamMember, Screening Committee for Haryana Assembly Election2016Member, AICC Screening Committee for Delhi Municipal Elections2017–2020AICC Secretary, In charge to Karnataka 2019Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Whip of Congress MPs in Lok SabhaMember, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personal, Law & JusticeMember, House Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Lok Sabha Member, Consultative Committee on Civil Aviation 2020– 4 January 2023AICC Incharge for Telangana Congress2020–PresentPermanent Invitee, Congress Working Committee 2024–PresentRe-elected to 18th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Whip of Congress MPs in Lok Sabha2026-PresentPresident of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
Electoral career Lok Sabha Elections Contested ElectionsConstituencyPartyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentage2009 Indian general electionVirudhunagarINC40.02VaikoMDMK37.962014 Indian general electionVirudhunagarINC3.80T. RadhakrishnanADMK40.202019 Indian general electionVirudhunagarINC43.77R. AlagarsamyDMDK29.402024 Indian general electionVirudhunagarINC36.28V. Vijaya PrabhakaranDMDK35.87
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