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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1953)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| image_size = 200px
| office = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister]] [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| minister = Minister of Rural Development and Panchayats
| term_start = 14 December 2022
| term_end =
| governor = [[R. N. Ravi]]
| predecessor = [[K. R. Periyakaruppan]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[M. K. Stalin]]
| minister1 = Minister for Co-operatives
| term_start1 = 7 May 2021
| term_end1 = 14 December 2022
| governor1 = [[R. N. Revi]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[M. K. Stalin]]
| minister2 = Minister for Revenue and Housing
| term_start2 = 13 May 2006
| term_end2 = 15 May 2011
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| governor2 = [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
| minister3 = Minister for Small Industries and Noon Meal
| term_start3 = 13 May 1996
| term_end3 = 13 May 2001
| governor3 = *[[Marri Channa Reddy]] (''until December 1996'')
*[[Krishan Kant]] (1996-1997)
*[[Fathima Beevi]] (1997-2001)
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| office4 = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start4 = 11 May 2006
| term_end4 =
| predecessor4 = P. K. T. Natarajaan
| successor4 =
| constituency4 = [[Athoor Assembly constituency|Athoor]]
| term_start5 = 10 May 1996
| term_end5 = 14 May 2001
| predecessor5 = S. M. Durai
| successor5 = P. K. T. Natarajaan
| constituency5 = [[Athoor Assembly constituency|Athoor]]
| term_start6 = 6 February 1989
| term_end6 = 30 January 1991
| predecessor6 = [[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]]
| successor6 = S. M. Durai
| constituency6 = [[Athoor Assembly constituency|Athoor]]
| office7 = Deputy General Secretary of DMK
| term_start7 = 9 January 2015
| term_end7 =
| predecessor7 = [[Durai Murugan]]
| successor7 =
| name = I. Periyasamy
| caption = I.Periysamy in 2016
| party = [[File:Flag DMK.svg|20px]] [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|father = Irulappan
| children = [[I. P. Senthilkumar]] (son)
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|6 January 1953}}
| birth_place = [[Batlagundu, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu]], India
}}
'''I. Periyasamy''' is an Indian politician who serves as the Rural Development Minister of [[Tamil Nadu]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/m-k-stalin-cabinet-in-tamil-nadu-raj-bhavan-releases-list-of-ministers/articleshow/82430341.cms | title=DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin’s cabinet colleagues revealed | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Julie Mariappan | date=6 May 2021 | accessdate=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/05/04042814/1291986/DMKs-I-Periyasamy-records-highest-victory-margin-in-.vpf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205841/https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/05/04042814/1291986/DMKs-I-Periyasamy-records-highest-victory-margin-in-.vpf | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 May 2021 | title=DMK’s I Periyasamy records highest victory margin in Assembly polls | publisher=Daily Thanthi | date=4 May 2021 | accessdate=6 May 2021}}</ref> and the former minister for [[revenue|Co-Operation]] from 2021 to 2022; [[housing|Revenue and Housing]] under the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] regime from 2006 to 2011. He was born in [[Batlagundu]] on 6 January 1953.<ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=196 Periyasamy profile in TN government website]</ref> His son [[I. P. Senthil Kumar]] is an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Palani (state assembly constituency)|Palani constituency]] in Tamil nadu.

==Elections contested and results==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
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!Elections
!Constituency
!Party
!Result
!Vote %
!Opposition Candidate
!Opposition Party
!Opposition vote %
|-
| [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]]||[[Athoor (state assembly constituency)|Athoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}|| 32.22||N Abdul Kadhar||[[Ijaw National Congress|INC]]||29.01<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1989|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf|year=1989|page=254|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]]||[[Athoor (state assembly constituency)|Athoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Lost}}|| 29.81||S M Durai||[[AIADMK]]||68.74<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1991|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf|year=1991|page=27|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]]||[[Athoor (state assembly constituency)|Athoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}|| 64.09||C Chinnamuthu||[[AIADMK]]||24.92<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1996|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf|year=1996|page=261|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]||[[Athoor (state assembly constituency)|Athoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Lost}}|| 46.36||P K T Natarajaan||[[AIADMK]]||49.13<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2001|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf|year=2001|page=257|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]]||[[Athoor (state assembly constituency)|Athoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}|| 53.2||C Sreenivasan||[[AIADMK]]||34.68<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2006|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/May2006/index_st.htm|year=2006|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]]||[[Athoor (state assembly constituency)|Athoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}|| 59.58||S Balasubramani||[[DMDK]]||31.08<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2001|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf|year=2011|page=36|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016]]||[[Athoor (state assembly constituency)|Athoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}|| 53.10||Natham R Viswanathan||[[AIADMK]]||41.26<ref>{{cite news|title=The verdict 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Chennai|page=6|date=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Green cover|page=2|newspaper=The Times of India|location=Chennai|date=19 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2021]]||[[Athoor (state assembly constituency)|Athoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}||72.11||Thilagabama M||[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]||13.15
|-
|}

== Political career ==
*1986-1991 Chairman, Batlagundu Union
*1989-1991 member of Tamilnadu legislative assembly
*1996-2001 Minister for small industries and noon meal in Tamil nadu government
*From 2006 to 2011 Minister for Revenue and Housing in [[Tamil Nadu]] government.
*Elected in 2011 Legislative Assembly election From Athoor. 2011-2016 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in opposition party
*Elected in 2016 Legislative Assembly election From Athoor.
*From 2016 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
*From 2021 Minister of Co-operation, Government of Tamilnadu.

==Ministerial positions==
Periyasamy has held several key ministerial positions in the Tamil Nadu government:

As Minister for Small Industries and Noon Meal from 1996 to 2001, he oversaw initiatives to promote small-scale industries and strengthen the state's midday meal program for school children.<ref>{{cite web |title=TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY) |url=https://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/11th_1996/Review-1996.pdf}}</ref>

During his tenure as Minister for Revenue and Housing from 2006 to 2011, he played a significant role in modernizing the state's land revenue administration system and implementing housing projects for economically disadvantaged sections of society.<ref>{{cite web |title=TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (THIRTEENTH ASSEMBLY) |url=https://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/13th_2006/13threview.pdf}}</ref>

He served as Minister for Co-operatives from 2021 to 2022, where he focused on implementing policies to enhance the performance and outreach of cooperative societies across the state.

Since 2022, he has held the position of Minister of Rural Development and Panchayats, overseeing rural infrastructure development initiatives and village-level empowerment programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WITH THEIR PORTFOLIOS AS ON 17.03.2025 |url=https://www.tn.gov.in/deptst/ministers.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Council Of Ministers |url=https://www.tn.gov.in/minister_list.php}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Government of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu}}

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[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026]]

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