K. Kannaiyan

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'''K. Kannaiyan''' is an Indian Tamil politician and was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]].

Kannaiyan was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) candidate from [[Thottiam (State Assembly Constituency)|Thottiam constituency]] in the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=7 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1989 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref> and [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 elections]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India |page=8 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |archivedate=7 October 2010 }}</ref> He stood again in the election of [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]], when he lost to [[P. Annavi]] of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK).<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=176 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref> He had also contested and lost the seat in [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]], when he finished second to [[N. R. Sivapathi]] of the AIADMK.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=302 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1991 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref>

Kannaiyan contested the Thottiam seat as an [[Independent (politics)|independent]] in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]] and was placed third behind candidates from the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) and [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=412 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2006 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref> His decision to stand as an independent was driven by local discord that had resulted from an electoral pact involving the DMK, as part of the [[Democratic Progressive Alliance]], which had caused it to cede contesting of the seat to a candidate from the INC.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=DMK ex-MLA files papers as Independent |date=14 April 2006 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/dmk-exmla-files-papers-as-independent/article3147433.ece |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref> He did a similar thing in the [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 election]] from the [[Musiri (State Assembly Constituency)|Musiri constituency]], into which much of Thottiam had been moved following boundary changes.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title= Former Minister and ex-MLA likely to queer pitch for Congress |first=S. |last=Ganesan |date=31 March 2011 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Former-Minister-and-ex-MLA-likely-to-queer-pitch-for-Congress/article14968261.ece |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref> He again finished in third place, behind the AIADMK victor and an INC candidate.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=317 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref>

Kannaiyan is married to K. Suseela and has a daughter.<ref name="hindu"/>

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