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| name = E. V. K. S. Elangovan<br />
| image = E. V. K. S. Elangovan at Marriage Function 12.jpg<br />
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| birth_date =<br />
| birth_place =[[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| residence =[[Gobichettipalayam]]<br />
| death_date =<br />
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| office = President, TNCC<br />
| term = 2013 - 2017<br />
| office1 = [[First Manmohan Singh ministry#Ministers of State (Independent charge)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles]]<br />
| term1 = 2004-2009<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]]<br />
| term2 = 2004-2009<br />
| constituency2 = [[Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gobichettipalayam]]<br />
| office3 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term3 = 1985-1988<br />
| constituency3 = [[Sathyamangalam]] <br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress]] <br />
| parents = [[E. V. K. Sampath]]<br />
| spouse = Varalakshmi <br />
| children = 2 sons<br />
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| date = 22 September |<br />
| year = 2006 |<br />
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4062<br />
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'''Erode Venkata Krishnasamy Sampath Elangovan''' is an Indian politician who was a member of the [[lok sabha|Lok Sabha]]. He represented the [[Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gobichettipalayam]] constituency of [[Tamil Nadu]] and is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref name="loksabha">{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4062|title=Elangovan,Shri E.V.K.S.|publisher=Lok Sabha|accessdate=2 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617071739/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4062|archive-date=17 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is the son of [[E. V. K. Sampath]] and grandson of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy's brother Krishnasamy.<ref name="loksabha" /> In 2009 Lok Sabha election, he lost to [[A. Ganeshamurthi]] of the [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]] by 49,336 votes in [[Erode]] [[Erode (Lok Sabha constituency)|constituency]]. He was appointed as President of [[Tamil Nadu Congress Committee]] by [[All India Congress Committee]] Chief [[Sonia Gandhi]] on 31 October 2014, followed by the resignation of [[B. S. Gnanadesikan]]. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election he lost to O. P. Ravindranath Kumar, the son of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister [[O. Panneerselvam]], in [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Theni]]. Elangovan was the only candidate of the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] to lose in the [[2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu|2019 Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu]].He also elected as a [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] in Tamilnadu from [[Sathyamangalam]] constituency in 1985.<br />
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