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'''A. M. Munirathinam Mudaliyar''' is an Indian politician [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Sholinghur (State Assembly Constituency)|Sholinghur constituency]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) candidate in the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989 and 2016]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf |title=1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India |access-date=21 November 2009 |archive-date=6 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006153620/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 elections]]<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]] (TMC) candidate in [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]].<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><br />
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Munirathinam and his three brothers, including [[A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar|Ponnuranga]], formed a staunch INC-supporting family that has dominated the political life of the mostly rural area of [[Sholinghur]] since the 1960s, with one or other of the brothers either winning or being runner-up in eight of the twelve state assembly elections between 1962 and 2011. They operate a private bus company that provides both local employment and much-need cheap transport, and political scientist Adam Ziegfeld believes their "main source of influence seems to be their status as local notables - wealthy, powerful members of the community who are sources of employment and philanthropy".<ref name="ziegfield">{{cite book |title=Why Regional Parties? |first=Adam |last=Ziegfeld |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-10711-868-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2OKCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |pages=106–108}}</ref><br />
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Despite his strong allegiance to the INC, Munirathinam was among the many people in Tamil Nadu who deserted the party in favour of the newly formed TMC in 1996. He won in the 1996 elections but could not defend the seat in those of [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]] because an electoral pact between the TMC and [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) entailed that it would be contested by a candidate from the AIADMK and not by the TMC.<ref name="ziegfield"/> He was president of the town [[panchayat]] when the TMC merged back into the INC after the death of its founder, [[G. K. Moopanar]], and he then became district president of the INC. Despite his position, he was overlooked as a candidate in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]], with the party instead nominating [[D. Arul Anbarasu]], the son of [[Era. Anbarasu]], a prominent INC politician at state level. He and his brothers stayed with the INC, who won the seat, but when Munirathinam was again overlooked by the party in favour of Anbarasu at the time of the [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 elections]], he opted to stand as an [[Independent (politics)|independent]]. He came second with 34 per cent of the vote, while Anbarasu was well behind in third place.<ref name="ziegfield"/><br />
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In 2021 Tamil Nadu State elections, Munirathinam won the election for 4th time with 26,698 votes defeating AM Krishnan of PMK party.<br />
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