Tamil Nadu: Rajya Sabha Elections 2013

The DMK chief M. Karunanidhi’s daughter Ms. Kanimozhi was re-elected to Rajya Sabha with Congress support from Tamil Nadu after a contest with actor Vijayakanth’s DMDK candidate. Four AIADMK candidates, including the party leader in Rajya Sabha V. Maitreyan and CPI’s D. Raja, however, registered comfortable wins as expected in the elections for which voting was held for the first time in 17 years.

The 45-year-old Ms. Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G scam, sailed through the contest for a second term with 31 votes after five Congress’ MLAs voted in her favour along with two votes each from two smaller parties -- Puthiya Thamizhagam and Manithaneya Munnetrak Katchi. One vote of the DMK combine is understood to have been held invalid.

The Congress decision came as a surprise against the backdrop of the bitter separation between the two parties after nine years of friendship in the UPA coalition earlier this year.

The CPI leader D. Raja, for whom AIADMK had extended support, won with 34 votes. He has also been re-elected for a second term to the Rajya Sabha. The Four AIADMK candidates were elected comfortably.

Mr. Maitreyan with 36 votes gets a third term with his election while his other party colleagues Mr. Ratnavel and Mr. Arjunan (36 each) and Mr. Lakshmanan (35) are new entrants to the Upper House of Parliament.

The DMDK, which has suffered dissidence, lost in the elections when its candidate A.R. Elangovan got only 22 votes. Seven dissident DMDK MLAs voted for the ruling AIADMK and its supported candidates.

In the 234-member House, a candidate has to get 34 first preference votes. Three MLAs of PMK boycotted the elections. While the four AIADMK candidates and CPI’s Mr. Raja got elected on the basis of first preference votes, Ms. Kanimozhi won on the basis of counting done by elimination method.

  

TN Rajya Sabha election -2013

Total strength: 234

As PMK boycott the election, the strength of the vote reduces to 233

Each candidate securing 34 will be considered won

Also the one who score least will be eliminated in first round

As none of the voters, voted their second preferential votes, voting is purely based on first preferential votes

All the 7 rebel DMDK MLAs voted (4 voted for AIADMK and 3 voted for CPI)

One vote casted by Congress MLA is invalid (for Kanimozhi)

(1) Maitreyan (AIADMK) – 36 #

(2) Arjunan (AIADMK) - 36

(3) Lakshmanan (AIADMK) – 35

(4) Rathinavel (AIADMK) - 36

(5) D. Raja (CPI) – 34 #

(6) Kanimozhi (DMK) – 31 #

(7) Elangovan (DMDK) – 22

First 6 candidates won the election

# à sitting Rajya Sabha MPs

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OF STATES (RAJYA SABHA) REPRESENTING TAMIL NADU

Elected Members: 18   

Term of Office: One third of the Members retire on the expiration of every 2 years

Sl.No.	Name of the Member	Party Affiliation	Date of Expiry
	Tmt. Kanimozhi	D.M.K.	24. 07. 2013
	Thiru Tiruchi N. Siva	D.M.K.
	Thiru A.Elavarasan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
	Dr. V.Maitreyan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
	Thiru B.S. Gnanadesikan	I.N.C.
	Thiru D. Raja	C.P.I.
1	Thiru. S. Amir Ali Jinnah,	D.M.K.	02. 04. 2014
2	Tmt. Vasanthi Stanley	D.M.K.
3	Thiru G.K. Vasan	I.N.C.
4	Tmt. Jayanthi Natarajan	I.N.C.
5	Thiru. T.K. Rangarajan	C.P.I.(M)
6	Thiru. N. Balaganga	A.I.A.D.M.K.
7	Dr.K.P. Ramalingam	D.M.K.	29.06.2016
8	Thiru S. Thangavelu	D.M.K.
9	Thiru T.M. Selvaganapathi	D.M.K.
10	Thiru Paul Manoj Pandian	A.I.A.D.M.K.
11	Thiru. E.M.Sudarsana  Natchiappan	I.N.C.
12	Thiru. A. William Rabi Bernard	A.I.A.D.M.K.
13	Tmt. Kanimozhi	D.M.K.
14	Dr. V. Maitreyan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
15	Thiru. Ratnavel	A.I.A.D.M.K.	24. 07.2 019
16	Thiru. Arjunan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
17	Thiru. Lakshmanan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
18	Thiru D. Raja	C.P.I.

Strength of TN Political parties in Rajya Sabha after the 2013 RS elections:-

#	Party	Strength
01	A.I.A.D.M.K.	07
02	D.M.K.	06
03	I.N.C.	03
04	C.P.I. (M)	01
05	C.P.I.	01
Total		18

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