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Mano Thangaraj

Mano Thangaraj is an Indian politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Since May 2016, he has been representing Padmanabhapuram constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He is the Minister of Milk and Dairy Development of Tamil Nadu.

T. Mano Thangaraj
Mano Thangaraj

Incumbent
Assumed office 28 April 2025
M. K. Stalin
Raja Kannappan
In office11 May 2023 – 28 September 2024
M. K. Stalin
S. M. Nasar
Raja Kannappan
In office7 May 2021 – 10 May 2023
M. K. Stalin
R. B. Udhayakumar
P.T.R. Palanivel Thiyagarajan
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 May 2016
Pushpa Leela Alban
Padmanabapuram

(1967-06-01) 1 June 1967Karungal, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thangaraj Nadar (father)
Master of Arts in English literature
Annamalai University
https://www.manothangaraj.com/

Mano Thangaraj is an Indian politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Since May 2016, he has been representing Padmanabhapuram constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He is the Minister of Milk and Dairy Development of Tamil Nadu.

He was born on June 1, 1967, to Thangaraj Nadar from Karungal in Kanyakumari district. He completed his schooling at LMS School, Palliyadi, and studied at Nesamony Memorial Christian College (NMCC) (in Marthandam, Kanyakumari), where he served as the student union chairman. This period sparked his interest in politics. He earned an MA in English literature from Annamalai University in May 1997.

In 1988, he protested against drawing water from the Pechiparai Reservoir for the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP).

He served as the district panchayat chairman from 1996 to 2006.

Designation	Portfolio	Party	Ministry	To
Took Office	Left Office
Minister of Milk and Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development	DMK	M.K.Stalin	11 May 2023	29 September 2024
Minister of Information Technology & Digital Services	Information Technology and Digital Services	7 May 2021	10 May 2023

Year	Constituency	Party	Result	Votes	Vote %
2016 Tamilnadu Assembly Election	Padmanabhapuram	DMK	Won	76,249	47.20
2021 Tamilnadu Assembly Election	Padmanabhapuram	DMK	Won	87,744	51.57

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	DMK	87,744	51.57	+4.37
	AIADMK	60,859	35.77	+13.89
	NTK	13,899	8.17	+7.66
	AMMK	3,234	1.90	New
	BSP	1,272	0.75	New
	NOTA	1,036	0.61	−0.23
	MNM	981	0.58	New
26,885	15.80	−9.52
170,156	71.18	2.84
1443	0.85
239,036
	DMK hold	4.37

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	76,249	47.20	+5.72
	AIADMK	35,344	21.88	New
	BJP	31,994	19.80	−4.09
	DMDK	13,185	8.16	−19.94
	NOTA	1,359	0.84	New
	NTK	826	0.51	New
40,905	25.32	11.94
161,560	68.34	−1.60
236,398
	DMK hold	5.72

He participated in GITEX 2022 at Dubai as a representative of Ministry for Information Technology & Digital Services, India for Government of Tamil Nadu. He met a lot of founders, CEOs, top leadership of Indian Startups at GITEX, Dubai, during “Meet Indian Startups” event organised by the Consulate General of India, Dubai on 12 October 2022.

He owns the Good Vision Charitable Trust which was working on women, children and sanitation related issues.

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