M. Selvarasu

{{Short description|Indian politician (1957–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = M. Selvarasu | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | constituency4 = Nagapattinam | term_start = 23 May 2019 | term_end = 13 May 2024 | predecessor = K. Gopal (AIADMK politician) | successor = Selvaraj V | term_start2 = 10 May 1996 | term_end2 = 28 February 1998 | predecessor2 = A. K. S. Vijayan | successor2 = Padma | term_start3 = 1989 | term_end3 = 1991 | predecessor3 = Padma | successor3 = M. Mahalingam | constituency = | image = | image_size = | caption = | party = 20px Communist Party of India | birth_date = {{Birth date|1957|03|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kappaludaiyan, Thanjavur District, Madras State, India | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|5|13|1957|03|16|df=yes}} | death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | spouse = Smt. Kamalavathanam | children = 1 | father = K. Muniyan | occupation = Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker | website = | education = Thiru.Vi.Ka Government Arts college, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu | date = | year = | source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3409.htm | relations = S. G. Murugaiyan<br/>(father-in-law) }}

'''M. Selvarasu''' (16 March 1957 – 13 May 2024) was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, elected from Tamil Nadu.

==Political career== Selvarasu was a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency of Tamil Nadu and was a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI). He was also elected to the Lok Sabha from Nagapattinam constituency in the 1989, 1996 and 1998 elections.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf Volume I, 1996 Indian Lok Sabha election, 11th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>

===Elections contested=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Elections !Constituency !Party !Result !Vote percentage !Opposition Candidate !Opposition Party !Opposition vote percentage |- | 1989 Indian general election||rowspan=7|Nagapattinam||rowspan=7|CPI||{{Won}}||48.78||Veeramurasu N.S||INC||46 |- | 1991 Indian general election||{{Lost}}||44||Padma||INC||48 |- | 1996 Indian general election||{{Won}}||54.17||Kannivannan M||INC||23.77 |- | 1998 Indian general election||{{Won}}||59||K. Gopal||AIADMK||38 |- | 1999 Indian general election||{{Lost}}||45||A. K. S. Vijayan||DMK|||49 |- | 2009 Indian general election||{{Lost}}||42||A. K. S. Vijayan||DMK|||48 |- | 2019 Indian general election||{{Won}}||52||Saravanan M||AIADMK||31 |}

== Death == Selvarasu died in Chennai on 13 May 2024, at the age of 67, just 10 days before the end of his third term as MP for Nagapattinam.<ref>[https://globalgreenews.com/2024/05/13/tamil-nadu-mp-m-selvarasau-from-nagapattinam-passes-away-at-chennai/ Tamil Nadu: MP M Selvarasu from Nagapattinam passes away at Chennai]</ref>

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