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'''K. Pitchandi''', also known as '''K. Pichandi''', is an Indian Tamil politician and the current Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/newly-elected-mlas-to-take-oath-on-may-11-k-pitchandi-appointed-pro-tem-speaker/articleshow/82480744.cms | title=Newly elected MLAs to take oath on May 11; K Pitchandi .appointed pro-tem Speaker | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Julie Mariappan | date=8 May 2021 | accessdate=8 May 2021}}</ref>

Pitchandi was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvannamalai constituency]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) candidate in the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]],<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]],<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref> [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> and [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> He also contested the constituency in the [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 elections]], when he finished as runner-up to [[V. Kannan]] of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=268 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1991 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref>

Pitchandi was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet from 1996 to 2001.<ref name="hindu"/> He stood as a candidate in [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]] in the [[Kilpennathur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kilpennathur constituency]],<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=E. V. Velu, K. Pichandi file nomination papers in Tiruvannamalai |date=22 March 2011 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/E.V.-Velu-K.-Pichandi-file-nomination-papers-in-Tiruvannamalai/article14957191.ece |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref> where he finished as runner-up to [[A. K. Aranganathan]] of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=285 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref>

Pitchandi remained loyal to the DMK party, for which he was rewarded with the mostly honorific position of deputy whip in May 2016.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Pichandi gets recognition |first=A. D. |last=Balasubramaniyan |date=25 May 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/pichandi-gets-recognition/article8643654.ece |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref> He had won the Kilpennathur seat in the [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of 2021]] to become MLA once again, after which he was made the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=15th Assembly Members |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/members/051_100.html |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref>

Pitchandi was instrumental in persuading [[E. V. Velu]] to transfer his allegiance to the DMK from the AIADMK.<ref name="hindu"/> Velu, who had already served twice as an AIADMK MLA,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2006 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref> was elected to Pitchandi's former seat in [[Tiruvannamalai (state assembly constituency)|Tiruvannamalai]] as a DMK member from 2011.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of Indian government|page=10 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 12th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 13th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Members of the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
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[[Category:Members of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]

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