K. Ravi Arunan is an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate from Ambasamudram constituency in the 1989 election[1] and from Tenkasi constituency as a Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (TMC) candidate in the 1996 election.[2]
Arunan left the TMC and became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in early 2001.[3] He had lost the chance to defend the Tenkasi seat as a TMC candidate in the 2001 elections because of an election pact between the TMC and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).[4] In the 2006 elections, he stood as a BJP candidate in Tenkasi and came a very distant third place, with 5190 votes.[5][6]
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, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.Template:Citation needed
References
- ↑ 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India.
- ↑ Name alternative candidate, Chidambaram tells Jayalalitha. The Hindu(30 April 2001).Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore
- ↑ A fierce fight. Frontline(25 May 2001).
- ↑ Stage set for a tri-corner contest in Tenkasi. The Hindu(4 May 2006).
- ↑ DMK front gets 9 in Nellai. The Hindu(12 May 2006).