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'''Geetha Anandan''' is the MLA elected from [[Neravy T R Pattinam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Neravy T.R.Pattinam constituency]] of the Karaikal district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myneta.info/puducherry2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=84|title=A.Geetha(DMK):Constituency- NERAVY T.R. PATTINAM(PUDUCHERRY) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:|website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> She belongs to the party of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] and the only DMK MLA in Karaikal region in 2016 assembly election.<br />
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==Election==<br />
Anandan Geetha contested as the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] candidate in the election of 2011. [[V.M.C. Sivakumar]], the former DMK candidate for long years, left the party and contested as an independent candidate. Geetha Anandan lost that election to him in a difference of about 300 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianballot.com/Puducherry-Assembly-Election-2011-location-1-810.html|title=NERAVY-T.R.PATTINAM Constituency Result in Puducherry Assembly Election 2011|website=www.indianballot.com|access-date=22 December 2018|archive-date=22 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222173439/https://www.indianballot.com/Puducherry-Assembly-Election-2011-location-1-810.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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In the election of 2016, Geetha was selected as the DMK candidate. Once again she fought against [[V.M.C. Sivakumar]] who contested the election for AIADMK. Anandan Geetha won the election defeating Sivakumar with a margin of 6936 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/neravy-t-r-pattinam-pondicherry-assembly-election-2016-mla-voters-winner-candidates-parties-and-politics-data/|title=Neravy T.R. Pattinam 2016 Assembly MLA Election Pondicherry - Entranceindia|first=M.|last=Prakash|publisher=}}</ref> She also created history in the constituency as she emerged as the first MLA rather from Sivakumar's family. [[V.M.C. Sivakumar|V.M.C. Sivakumar's]] family had dominated the constituency for about 40 years.<br />
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