K. Murugaiyan
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Nagapattinam
In office
1979–1980
Preceded byS.G. Murugaiyan
Succeeded byThazai M. Karunanidhi
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of India
Residence(s)Naduvakalappal Post, Mannargudi taluk[1]

K. Murugaiyan is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (CPI). He was a bonded labourer.[2]

K. Murugaiyan was elected to the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) from the Nagapattinam seat a June 1979 by-election.[3] The by-election had been called after the murder of the incumbent CPI parliamentarian S.G. Murugaiyan.[3]

K. Murugaiyan lost the Nagapattinam seat in the 1980 Indian general election.[4] He finished in second place with 49.02% of the votes.[4] He was close to regaining the seat in the 1984 Indian general election, finishing in second place with 49.53% of the votes.[5]

References

  1. ↑ India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (2003). Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 336.
  2. ↑ Kathleen Gough (June 1989). Rural change in southeast India: 1950s to 1980s. Oxford University Press. p. 470. ISBN 9780195622768.
  3. 1 2 Indian and Foreign Review. Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1978. p. 125.
  4. 1 2 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1980 TO THE SEVENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS) Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1984 TO THE EIGHT LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS) Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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