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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = A. K. Selvaraj<br />
| birth_name = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|7|4}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Coimbatore District]], [[Madras State]]<br/>(now [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])<br />
| occupation = [[Politician]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| term_start = 3 April 2014<br />
| term_end = 2 April 2020<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 12 May 2021<br />
| term_end1 =<br />
| constituency1 = [[Mettupalayam Assembly constituency|Mettupalayam]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[O. K. Chinnaraj]]<br />
| term_start2 = 13 May 2001 <br />
| term_end2 = 11 May 2006<br />
| predecessor2 = [[B. Arunkumar]]<br />
| successor2 = R. V. Ramanathan<br />
| office3 = [[Department of Housing and Urban Development (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Housing & Urban Development]]<br />
| term_start3 = 14 May 2001<br />
| term_end3 = 21 September 2001<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[K. Pitchandi]]<br />
| successor3 = [[S. M. Velusamy]]<br />
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A.K. Selvaraj''' (born 4 July 1958) is an Indian politician. He served as a [[Member of Parliament]], represented from [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]]).<ref name=myneta>{{cite web|title=Rajya Sabha Affidavits|url=http://myneta.info/rajsab09aff/candidate.php?candidate_id=473|website=MyNeta.info|accessdate=12 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/government/rajyasaba/48382|publisher=Govt of TN|accessdate=12 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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He was the Minister for Housing & Urban Development.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=TN Assembly 2001–2006|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/12th_2001/Review_12_2001-2006.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808173529/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in:80/archive/12th_2001/Review_12_2001-2006.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2017 |access-date=|website=Tamil Nadu Assembly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ramakrishnan|first=T.|date=2014-01-25|title=AIADMK changes RS poll candidate|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/aiadmk-changes-rs-poll-candidate/article5617199.ece|access-date=2020-12-23|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==Electoral Career==<br />
=== Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections Contested ===<br />
{|class="sortable wikitable"style="font-size: 95%"<br />
! Election<br />
! Constituency<br />
! Party<br />
! Result<br />
! Vote %<br />
! Opposition Candidate<br />
! Opposition Party<br />
! Opposition vote %<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]] || [[Mettupalayam Assembly constituency|Mettupalayam]]|| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] || {{Won}} ||60.02 || [[B. Arunkumar]]|| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] || 31.21<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]] || [[Mettupalayam Assembly constituency|Mettupalayam]]|| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] || {{Won}} ||46.75 || T. R. Shanmugasundaram|| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] ||45.66<br />
|}<br />
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===Rajya Sabha Elections Contested===<br />
{|class="sortable wikitable"style="font-size: 90%"<br />
!Year<br />
!Election<br />
!Party<br />
!PC Name<br />
!Result<br />
|-<br />
|2014<br />
|[[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]&nbsp;<br />
|[[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1958 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:People from Coimbatore district]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1991–1996]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026]]<br />
[[Category:Vokkaliga politicians]]<br />
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