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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = K. Ramachandran<br />
| relations = <br />
| office = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Minister for Tourism]] <br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| minister = <br />
| term_start = 14 December 2022<br />
| office1 = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Minister for Forests]] <br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| constituency1 =<br />
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| term1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = [[Dindigul C. Sreenivasan]]<br />
| successor = [[R. Rajendran (DMK politician)|R.Rajendran]]<br />
| party = [[File:Flag DMK.svg|20px]] [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| term_end = 29 September 2024<br />
| predecessor = [[M. Mathiventhan]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| predecessor2 = <br />
| successor2 = <br />
| termstart2 = 2 May 2021<br />
| termend2 = <br />
| constituency4 = [[Gudalur Assembly constituency|Gudalur]]<br />
| term4 = 11 May 2006 — 13 May 2011<br />
| term3 = 23 May 2011 — 21 May 2016<br />
| constituency3 = [[Coonoor Assembly constituency|Coonoor]]<br />
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| constituency2 = [[Coonoor Assembly constituency|Coonoor]]<br />
| successor1 = [[M. Mathiventhan]]<br />
| termstart1 = 7 May 2021<br />
| termend1 = 14 December 2022<br />
}} <br />
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'''K. Ramachandran''' (born 9 August 1951) is an Indian politician and the Minister for Forests in [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was born in [[Coonoor]].<br />
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He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]](DMK) candidate from [[Gudalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Gudalur constituency]] in 2006<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> and from [[Coonoor (State Assembly Constituency)|Coonoor constituency]] in 2011 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011 |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf |publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320103427/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf |archivedate=20 March 2012 }}</ref><br />
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He also served as the Minister for Khadi of Tamil Nadu from 2006-2011 in the Cabinet of Dr.[[M. Karunanidhi]].<br />
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The Coonoor seat had long been held by the DMK but supporters of Ramachandran were incensed that he was deselected for the [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016 elections]] and threatened to rebel. The new candidate was [[B. M. Mubarak]], who had also been given the post of district secretary of the party in [[Nilgiris]] after Ramachandran had been removed from it in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=DMK protest over nominee: Chappals hurled at A Raja |first=B. |last=Ravichandran |date=23 April 2016 |work=The Asian Age |url=https://www.asianage.com/india/dmk-protest-over-nominee-chappals-hurled-raja-507 |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref> The DMK lost the seat.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times of India |date=20 May 2016 |title=AIADMK wins back Coonoor seat after a gap of 25 years |accessdate=2017-05-06 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/AIADMK-wins-back-Coonoor-seat-after-a-gap-of-25-years/articleshow/52351973.cms}}</ref><br />
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==Elections Contested==<br />
=== Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections ===<br />
{|class="sortable wikitable"style="font-size: 85%"<br />
!Elections<br />
!Constituency<br />
!Party<br />
!Result<br />
!Vote percentage<br />
!Opposition candidate<br />
!Opposition party<br />
!Opposition vote percentage<br />
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|[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]||[[Gudalur Assembly constituency|Gudalur]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}||51.72||A. Miller||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]||37.61<br />
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|[[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]||[[Coonoor Assembly constituency|Coonoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}||50.66||Bellie. A||[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]||42.98<br />
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|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]||[[Coonoor Assembly constituency|Coonoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}||45.89||Vinoth. D||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]||42.84<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Government of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
{{Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011]]<br />
[[Category:People from Coonoor]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026]]<br />
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