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'''D. Ramasamy''' is an Indian politician and former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. <br />
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==Political career==<br />
Ramasamy joined Congress under [[K. Kamaraj]]. He served as the Vellakovil Panchayat board president for 10 years, then as union chairman for 15 years. When the Congress split in Tamil Nadu, he joined the NCO under Kamaraj. After Kamaraj's death, he, along with G. Moopanar, merged the party with Indira Congress. <br />
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He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Vellakoil (State Assembly Constituency)|Vellakoil constituency]] for five terms. He was first elected in [[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977]], then as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980]] and [[1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1984]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> He was also a [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha)]] candidate in the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989 election]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><br />
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In [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]], he was again elected from Vellakovil constituency and became the Minister for Rural Industries. In 2001 he unsuccessfully ran for electoral seat from AIADMk. After founding his own party, he again joined ADMK in 2010.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}<br />
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He is currently retired from active politics. <br />
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