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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = M. Ramachandran<br />
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA)<br />
| constituency = [[Orathanad (State Assembly Constituency)|Orathanadu]]<br />
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| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
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'''M. Ramachandran''' is an Indian politician belong to [[Pinnaiyur West]] near Orathanadu who was served as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Orathanad (State Assembly Constituency)|Orathanadu constituency]] in the [[Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]].<br />
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Ramachandran was elected from the Orathanadu constituency in the [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016 state assembly elections]] as a candidate of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/orathanadu.html |title=Orathanadu (Tamil Nadu) Election Results 2016 |publisher=Infobase |accessdate=2017-05-14}}</ref> In winning the seat, he defeated the incumbent MLA and Minister for Housing and Agriculture, [[R. Vaithilingam]], in what was described as a giant-killing outcome.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=DMK and AIADMK edge out others in Thanjavur district |date=20 May 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dmk-and-aiadmk-edge-out-others-in-thanjavur-district/article8623133.ece |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref> Vaithilingam had won the seat, which was largely dependent on agriculture, in the previous three elections,<ref>{{cite news |work=Deccan Chronicle |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/070516/r-vaithilingam-banks-on-development-schemes-easy-access-to-people.html |title=R Vaithilingam banks on development schemes, easy access to people |first=N. |last=Ravikumar |date=7 May 2016 |access-date=2017-05-15}}</ref> while Ramachandran was a late entry as a candidate in the election, being nominated by the DMK as a replacement for the party's original choice of [[S. S. Rajkumar]] in April of election year.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title= DMK changes Orathanad candidate |date=17 April 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/dmk-changes-orathanad-candidate/article8484767.ece |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref> Rajkumar, a brother of [[S. S. Palanimanickam]], had decided that [[Thanjavur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thanjavur]] was the only constituency for which he was prepared to stand.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Descendants shine in party of rising sun |first=B. |last=Kolappan |date=21 April 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/descendants-shine-in-party-of-rising-sun/article8501998.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421015034/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/descendants-shine-in-party-of-rising-sun/article8501998.ece |archivedate=2016-04-21}}</ref><br />
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Ramachandran was previously elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the [[Thiruvonam (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvonam constituency]] in the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=8 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref> and [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 elections]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=9 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref> He lost the contest for the seat in [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=309 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1991 |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref> and [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]. In [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]], the DMK were involved in an electoral pact which meant that he was not allowed to stand as a candidate. The party's decision to stand aside in favour of a candidate from the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] was met with protests from local supporters of Ramachandran.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/cadres-upset-over-choice-of-dmk-candidate/article3141997.ece |title=Cadres upset over choice of DMK candidate |date=3 April 2006 |accessdate=2017-05-14}}</ref><br />
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