P. R. Natarajan

P. Ramaswamy Natarajan (born 21 December 1950) is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Coimbatore constituency of Tamil Nadu and is a member of the CPI(M). He is the parliamentary group leader of CPIM in Loksabha.

P. R. Natarajan
Leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
May 2019
Preceded byP. Karunakaran
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
May 2019
Preceded byP. Nagarajan
ConstituencyCoimbatore
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byK. Subbarayan
Succeeded byP. Nagarajan
ConstituencyCoimbatore
Personal details
Born (1950-12-21) 21 December 1950
Gobichettipalayam, Madras State, India[1]
Political partyCPI(M)
SpouseR. Vanaja
ResidenceCoimbatore
EducationB.A.[1]
As of 31 August, 2019
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Personal life

P. R. Natarajan was born to P. V. Ramaswamy Iyer and Mangalambal at Gobichettipalayam[1] on 21 December 1950. He has completed his B.A. from Pachaiyappa's College, Madras University.[1] P. R. Natarajan is married to R. Vanaja. They got married on 5 April 1981.

Political career

He was elected to Lok Sabha from Coimbatore Lok Sabha Constituency, Tamil Nadu in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after defeating C. P. Radhakrishnan of BJP by over 1.79 Lakh votes.[2] P. R. Natarajan has secured about 571,150 votes in this election.[3] P. R. Natarajan from Coimbatore along with S. Venkatesan from Madurai are the two Communist Party of India (Marxist) MPs from Tamil Nadu. P. R. Natarajan was also a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, when he defeated R. Prabhu of Indian National Congress in 2009, with a margin of over 35000 votes.[4]

References
  1. "P.R. Natarajan| National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. "Coimbatore Election Result 2019: P R Natarajan of CPI (M) wins the LS Seat". Times of India. Coimbatore. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. Madhavan, Karthik (28 May 2019). "P.R. Natarajan records second highest victory margin among Left candidates". The Hindu. Coimbatore. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. Kaveri, Megha (22 March 2019). "'Will drive out 'godmen' from Western Ghats': CPI(M) Kovai candidate PR Natarajan". The News Minute. Coimbatore. Retrieved 31 August 2019.


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