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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = M. Jagan Moorthy<br />
| image =[[File:Dr.M.Jagan Moorthy.png|200px]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|05|10}}<br />
| birth_place = Andersonpettai, [[Poonamallee]], [[Madras State]]<br/>(now in [[Thiruvallur District]],<br/>[[Tamil Nadu]]), India<br />
| office = [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly|Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 12 May 2021<br />
| term_end = <br />
| predecessor = [[G. Loganathan]]<br />
| successor =<br />
| constituency = [[Kilvaithinankuppam Assembly constituency|K. V. Kuppam]]<br />
| term_start1 = 11 May 2006<br />
| term_end1 = 13 May 2011<br />
| predecessor1 = [[K. Bhavani Karunakaran]]<br />
| successor1 = [[S. Ravi (politician)|S. Ravi]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Arakkonam Assembly constituency|Arakkonam]]<br />
| office2 = President of<br/>[[Puratchi Bharatham Katchi]]<br />
| term_start2 = 7 September 2002<ref>S3X TAP3 tinyurl.com/y7ykvcv3</ref><br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| predecessor2 = Poovai M. Moorthy<br />
| party = [[File:PBK FLAG.png|20px]] [[Puratchi Bharatham Katchi]]<br />
| father = Munusamy<br />
| relatives = {{ubl|Poovai M. Moorthy (elder brother)}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''M . Jagan Moorthy''' (born 10 May 1966) is an Indian politician and social activist from [[Tamil Nadu]], India. He is currently serving as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from [[K. V. Kuppam (state assembly constituency)|K. V. Kuppam]] in [[Vellore District]], Tamil Nadu. He is the current President of the [[Puratchi Bharatham Katchi]] (PBK), a political party rooted in Ambedkarite ideology that that aims to represent and uplift Dalits in Tamil Nadu. Moorthy became the president of the PBK on 7 September 2002, with the unanimous support of senior party executives.<br />
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In [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]], Moorthy formed an alliance with the DMK front, contesting and winning [[Arakkonam (State Assembly Constituency)|Arakkonam seat]]. He later supported the [[AIADMK]]-led alliance in the [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]. He would remain in the alliance for the [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]], and contest and win from [[K. V. Kuppam (state assembly constituency)|K. V. Kuppam constituency]].<br />
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==Electoral performance ==<br />
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