Performance of Lok Sabha MPs from TN

Tamil Nadu MPs have recorded the maximum attendance in the three Lok Sabha sessions held since the 2014 general elections. The 39 MPs from the state, of whom 37 are from AIADMK, have clocked 94% attendance against an overall average of 85%, shows data compiled by PRS Legislative Research, an NGO.  Of the 35 first-time MPs from the state, 19 have 100% attendance, but not all have actively participated in debates or raised questions.

Top 2 Performers in LS  (based on questions asked)
MP	Constituency	Questions Asked	Debates	Attendance
T G Venkatesh Babu	North Chennai	146	13	100%
P. Venugopal	Thiruvallur	128	12	87%

PMK leader and former Union minister Anbumani Ramadoss (58%) from Dharmapuri has the lowest attendance among TN MPs. All others, except K Parasuraman (75%) from Thanjavur, have more than 80% attendance.

Top performers in LS (based on participating in debate)
MP	Constituency	Debates
M Thambiduari	Karur	16
Sundaram	Namakkal	16
V Elumalai	Arani	15
K Ashok Kumar	Krishnagiri	14
C Mahendran	Pollachi	13
R P Maruthairaj	Perambalur	13
All TN MPs have participated in debates.

There are five MPs who have not raised single questions:

(1)  B Senguttuvan (Vellore)

(2)  J Thiyaraj (Tuticorin)

(3)  M Chandrakasi (Chidambaram)

(4)  R Vanaroja (Tiruvannamalai) and

(5)    V Panneerselvam (Salem)

But they have more than 98% attendance.

K Srinivasan, chairman, Prime Point Foundation, who has instituted Sansad Ratna Award for outstanding parliamentarians said that, the MPs take up only state-level or national-level issues. They do not take up constituency or district level issues. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been advising all MPs to take up micro-level issues of their constituencies in Parliament so that the government can address them.

Among all the MPs, the maximum number of questions were raised by Supriya Sule (181 questions) of Nationalist Congress Party. She has 89% attendance and also participated in 10 debates.