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'''E. G. Sugavanam''' (born 13 November 1957) was a member of the [[15th Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]]. He represented the [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri constituency]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) party member. He defeated [[Jayalalithaa]] in the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 State Assembly election]] in [[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur constituency]]. He contested and lost the 1989, 1991 and 2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections from the same constituency. He won twice during the 2004 and 2009 Indian general elections from the Krishnagiri constituency. He was a member of various committees during the [[United Progressive Alliance]] coalition rule from 2004 to 2014.

==Early life==
Sugavanam was born on 13 November 1957 to T. Govindarajan and Manimekalai in Bargur in [[Krishnagiri district]]. He has a Diploma in Pharmacy from [[K.L.E. Society’s S. Nijalingappa College]] in [[Bangalore]]. He is an agriculturist by profession and developed interest in politics later. He married Amsaveni on 28 October 1992 and the pair have a son and a daughter.<ref name="about"/>

He defeated Jayalalithaa in the 1996 Tamil Nadu State Assembly election in the Bargur constituency. He contested and lost the 1989, 1991 and 2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections from Bargur constituency. He won twice during the 2004 and 2009 Indian general elections from the Krishnagiri constituency.<ref>{{cite news|title=Where voters want to make amends|url=http://hindu.com/2001/05/06/stories/15062236.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203054843/http://hindu.com/2001/05/06/stories/15062236.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2013|last=D.|first=Sivarajan|date=6 May 2001|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref>

==Elections contested and positions held==
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|-
!width=150|Elections
!width=100|Constituency
!width=70|Result
!width=70|Vote percentage
!width=100|Opposition Candidate
!width=70|Opposition Party
!width=70|Opposition vote percentage
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=FFA07A|[[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]]||[[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur]] ||Lost|| 29.25||K.R. Rajendran||[[ADMK]]||30.27<ref name="Bargur"/>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=FFA07A|[[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]]||[[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur]] ||Lost|| 1.26||[[J. Jayalalithaa]]||[[ADMK]]||65.18<ref name="Bargur"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 1991|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf|year=1991|page=275|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]]||[[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur]] ||Won|| 50.71||[[J. Jayalalithaa]]||[[ADMK]]||43.54<ref name="Bargur">{{cite web|title=Party wise comparison since 1977 in Bargur constituency|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S22/partycomp78.htm|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=FFA07A|[[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]]||[[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur]] ||Lost|| 26.46||[[M. Thambi Durai]]||[[ADMK]]||66.31<ref name="Bargur"/>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[2004 Indian general election]]||[[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri]] ||Won|| 54.59||K. Nange Gowdu||[[ADMK]]||38.45<ref name="LS2004">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|year=2004|page=287|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[2009 Indian general election]]||[[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri]]||Won|| 44.64||K. Nange Gowdu||[[ADMK]]||34.47<ref name="LS2009">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General elections, 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |year=2009 |page=126 |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=10 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archivedate=11 August 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|}

* 1996: Elected to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for the first time
* 2004-2009: Elected to Lok Sabha (twelfth) for the first time; Member of standing committee on energy, consultative committee of ministry of heavy industries, Central Silk Board and Energy
* May 2009: Elected to Lok Sabha (fifteenth) for the second time; Member of consultative committee of ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Central Silk Board and Energy<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=Political Career|url=http://164.100.47.132/Lssnew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4146|publisher=National Informatics Centre|work=Parliament of India|accessdate=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203075813/http://164.100.47.132/Lssnew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4146|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Members of the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from Krishnagiri district]]

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