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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of [[Parliament]] (India) [[Lok sabha]] for [[krishnagiri]]
| termstart = 2019
| termend =
| office1 = Member of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] for [[T.Nagar]]
| termstart2 =
| termstart1 = 2001
| termend1 = 2006
}}

'''Dr. A. Chellakumar''' is an Indian politician and [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of parliament]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) candidate from [[Anna Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Anna Nagar constituency]] in the [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 election]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf |title=1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India |access-date=21 November 2009 |archive-date=7 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007161404/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and as a [[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]] (TMC) candidate from [[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|T. Nagar constituency]] in the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 election]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=5 |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 |archive-date=7 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was unsuccessful in winning the [[Villivakkam (State Assembly Constituency)|Villivakkam constituency]] in [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]. and in the [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 election]] he attempted once again to gain the T. Nagar seat.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times of India |title=Ready to vote? Meet The Players |date=11 April 2011 |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2011/04/11&ID=Ar00401 |accessdate=2017-05-10 |archive-date=28 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328143955/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH%2F2011%2F04%2F11&ID=Ar00401 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His candidacy in 2001 was as a TMC member and in 2011 it was for the INC. He was runner-up on both occasions.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=38 |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=2017-05-10 |archive-date=6 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006173934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=47 |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=2017-05-10}}</ref>

Although he had joined the TMC breakaway group in 1996 when factionalism beset the INC due to a decision to ally with the [[All Indian Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) in the state, Chellakumar subsequently fell out with TMC founder [[G. K. Moopanar]]. His career then stalled for some years until, seen as a neutral figure with the INC, into which the TMC had re-merged, he was one of three people appointed as a secretary to the Tamil Nadu [[All India Congress Committee]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title= Congress rewards leaders who belong to no faction |date=18 June 2013 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/congress-rewards-leaders-who-belong-to-no-faction/article4825241.ece |accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref>

Chellakumar unsuccessfully contested the [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency]] for the INC in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 elections]] for the [[Parliament of India]], where he finished in a distant fourth place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/results/krishnagiri-tn.html |publisher=Infobase |title=Krishnagiri Parliamentary Constituency(General) Elections Result 2014 |accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref> A major reorganisation of the INC was thought to be necessary following its worst-ever defeat in those elections and as part of that process Chellakumar replaced [[Digvijaya Singh]] in April 2017 as the person in charge of the party's affairs in Goa. He was considered at that time to be close to [[Rahul Gandhi]], the son of party president [[Sonia Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite news |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170430/jsp/frontpage/story_149098.jsp#.WRK-3je1vxM |title=Diggy out, Rahul recast begins |first=Sanjay K. |last=Jha |date=30 April 2017 |accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref> In the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 elections]], he contested again from the Krishnagiri constituency and was elected as a member of Parliament.

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Tamil Maanila Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:17th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Members of the 10th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]

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