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'''K. Ravi Arunan''' is an Indian politician and was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) candidate from [[Ambasamudram (State Assembly Constituency)|Ambasamudram constituency]] in the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989 election]]<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> and from [[Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Tenkasi constituency]] as a [[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]] (TMC) candidate in the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 election]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=10 |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><br />
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Arunan left the TMC and became a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) in early 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Name alternative candidate, Chidambaram tells Jayalalitha |first=Seyed |last=Muthahar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/30/stories/15302239.htm |date=30 April 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2017-05-09}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He had lost the chance to defend the Tenkasi seat as a TMC candidate in the [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001 elections]] because of an election pact between the TMC and the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK).<ref>{{cite news |work=Frontline |url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1810/18100160.htm |volume=18 |issue=10 |date=25 May 2001 |title=A fierce fight |first=T. S. |last=Subramanian |accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref> In the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]], he stood as a BJP candidate in Tenkasi and came a very distant third place, with 5190 votes.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Stage set for a tri-corner contest in Tenkasi |date=4 May 2006 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/stage-set-for-a-tricorner-contest-in-tenkasi/article3128312.ece |accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=DMK front gets 9 in Nellai |date=12 May 2006 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/dmk-front-gets-9-in-nellai-dt/article3132175.ece |accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref><br />
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Arunan was a member of the Oil Selection Board at the Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, created in 1993, which consisted of a chairman (Justice M. Maruthamuthu) and two members (K. Ravi Arunan and P. Subbarayan). The board had jurisdiction over [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], and the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}<br />
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