{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
'''S. John Jacob''' (19 May 1953 in Paduvoor – 13 February 2018<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/former-congress-whip-in-tn-assembly-john-jacob-dies-police-suspect-suicide/articleshow/62904791.cms Former Congress whip in TN assembly John Jacob dies]</ref>) was an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Tamil Nadu.
He was married and has two children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thiru S. John Jacob (INC) |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/234.html |accessdate=2017-05-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215184504/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/234.html |archivedate=2016-02-15 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Jacob was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate from Killiyur constituency in Kanyakumari district in the 2006 election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> He was one of 14 MLAs who had a 100 per cent attendance record in the 13th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Jayalalithaa-attended-assembly-only-10-days/articleshow/7967014.cms |title=Jayalalithaa attended assembly only 10 days |first=Mahalingam |last=Ponnusamy |date=13 April 2011 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref>
Jacob was re-elected from Killiyur as an INC candidate in 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/14th_2011/members.htm|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu}}</ref> but switched his allegiance to the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) when G. K. Vasan revived it in 2014. Assigned to the Killiyur constituency once again, his was one of 26 names put forward by the TMC to contest the 2016 state assembly elections as part of an alliance with the People's Welfare Front and Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam.<ref>{{cite news |work=NDTV |agency=PTI |title=Tamil Maanila Congress Chief GK Vasan Not To Contest Tamil Nadu Elections |date=19 April 2016 |url=http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/tamil-maanila-congress-chief-gk-vasan-not-to-contest-tamil-nadu-elections-1397232 |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref> However, one week later it was announced that D. Kumaradas would contest the seat for the TMC instead.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=TMC changes Killiyoor candidate |date=26 April 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/tmc-changes-killiyoor-candidate/article8521568.ece |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref> The constituency was won by the INC candidate, S. Rajeshkumar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/killiyur.html |title=Killiyur (Tamil Nadu) Election Results 2016 |publisher=Infobase |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (2011-2016)|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacob, S. John}} Category:1953 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011 Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016 Category:Tamil Maanila Congress politicians Category:Politicians from Kanyakumari district {{TamilNadu-INC-politician-stub}}