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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. A. Sengottaiyan
| image =
| honorific-prefix =
| caption =
| office1 = Minister for School Education,Youth Welfare and Sports Development
| term_start1 = 17 February 2017
| term_end1 = 02 May 2021
| office2 = Minister for Information and Technology
| term_start2 = 15 July 2011
| term_end2 = 7 November 2012
| office3 = Minister for Agriculture
| term_start3 = 15 May 2011
| term_end3 = 14 July 2014
| office4 = Minister for Transport
| term_start4 = 24 June 1991
| term_end4 = 12 May 1996
| office5 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start5 = 2021
| term_end5 =
| constituency5 = [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
| term_start6 = 2006
| term_end6 = 2021 (3 terms)
| constituency6 = [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
| term_start7 = 1980
| term_end7 = 1996 (4 terms)
| constituency7 = [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
| term_start8 = 1977
| term_end8 = 1980
| | constituency8 = [[Sathyamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Sathyamangalam constituency]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|01|09}}
| birth_place = [[Kullampalayam]], [[Madras State]], [[India]]
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| residence =
* [[Gobichettipalayam]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
}}

'''K. A. Sengottaiyan''' (born 9 January 1948) is an Indian politician. He is the former Minister for School Education in the [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami ministry (2017–)|Government of Tamil Nadu]]. He also served as the party presidium chairman of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]. He is currently the longest serving ADMK MLA along with his opposition counterpart [[Durai Murugan|Duraimurugan]].

He is an incumbent [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] from [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]] in [[Erode district]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6McJWhfEK?url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf |archive-date=2014-01-14 }}</ref> Previously, he was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate from [[Sathyamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Sathyamangalam constituency]] in [[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977]] election<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> and from [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]] in [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980]], [[1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1984]], [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]] (Jayalalitha faction), [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]], [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]], [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]] and [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016]].<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><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref>

Sengottaiyan was the Minister for Transport from 1991 to 1996 during the first tenure of [[Jayalalithaa]] cabinet. He was again the Minister for Agriculture until November 2011 when a cabinet reshuffle by Jayalalithaa resulted in that portfolio being given to [[S. Damodaran]] and Sengottiyan taking over the Information Technology portfolio from [[R. B. Udhaya Kumar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jayalalithaa sacks six Tamil Nadu ministers |agency=PTI |date=4 November 2011 |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jayalalithaa-sacks-six-tamil-nadu-ministers-572958 |work=NDTV |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>

In February 2017, following the appointment of [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]] as the Chief Minister in place of [[O. Paneerselvam]], Sengottaiyan replaced [[K. Pandiarajan]] as the Minister for School Education. Pandiarajan was the only cabinet minister to have supported Paneerselvam during a party dispute in which [[V. K. Sasikala]] was being touted as a possible Chief Minister. The appointment of Sengottaiyan was the only change made to the cabinet by Palaniswami at that time.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Economic Times |url=http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/31-member-palaniswami-cabinet-to-be-sworn-in-at-430pm/articleshow/57185887.cms |first=Julie |last=Mariappan |date=16 February 2017 |title=31-member Palaniswami cabinet to be sworn in at 4.30pm|access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref> He allegedly punched the former Tamil Nadu CM [[Karunanidhi]] in his face during the infamous 1989 violent clash in assembly.<ref>https:www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/nothing-can-beat-1989-violence/article17326723.ece/amp/</ref>

== Elections contested and results ==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!width=70|Elections
!width=70|Constituency
!width=70|Result
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1977
|[[Sathyamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Sathyamangalam constituency]]
|Won
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1980
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|Won
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1984
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|Won
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1989
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|Won
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1991
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|Won
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=FFA07A|1996
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|Lost
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|2006
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|Won
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|2011
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|Won
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|2016
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|Won
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|2021
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|Won
|-
|}

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

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[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:People from Erode district]]
[[Category:People from Gobichettipalayam]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 10th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]

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