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R. Vaithilingam

Indian politician

Field	Value
name	R. Vaithilingam
office	Minister of Housing & Urban Development
term_start	16 May 2011
term_end	23 May 2016
1blankname	Chief Minister
office1	Minister of Forest & Environment Government of Tamil Nadu
term_start1	14 May 2001
term_end1	12 May 2006
1blankname1	Chief Minister
office2	Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
term_start3	13 May 2001
term_end3	19 May 2016
term_start2	2 May 2021
term_end2	21 January 2026
constituency3	Orathanad
constituency2	Orathanad
party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (From 2026)
office4	Deputy Co-ordinator of AIADMK
alongside4	K. P. Munusamy
term_start4	21 August 2017
term_end4	23 June 2022
predecessor4	position established
successor4	position abolished
office5	THANJAVUR District head of AIADMK
term_start5	2020
term_end5	2022
office6	Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
term_start6	30 June 2016
term_end6	10 May 2021
constituency	Tamil Nadu

J. Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
O. Panneerselvam
J. Jayalalithaa
Independent (2022 - 2026)
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (until 2022)

R. Vaithilingam is an Indian politician and an ex- Rajya Sabha member from the state of Tamil Nadu. He is now present Member of legislative assembly from Orathanad constituency in the state assembly election of 2021.

Vaithilingam was Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the Government of Tamil Nadu prior to his defeat by M. Ramachandran in the state assembly election of 2016. The defeat was described as a giant-killing outcome. As a cadre of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), he had been elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Orathanad constituency in 2001, 2006 and 2011.

On 3 June 2016, he was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, along with three others of his party.

Expulsion from AIADMK

On 11 July 2022, R. Vaithilingam along with O. Panneerselvam were expelled as primary members of the party for "anti-party" activities by the AIADMK General Council.

References

(20 May 2016). "DMK and AIADMK edge out others in Thanjavur district". The Hindu.
[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]
[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]
"List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu". Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu.
(3 March 2016). "26 Rajya Sabha members elected unopposed in six states (Roundup)". The Times of India.
(3 March 2016). "Bihar: Piyush Goyal, Chidambaram, Suresh Prabhu, Sharad Yadav elected to Rajya Sabha". The Economic Times.
(11 July 2022). "OPS Expelled from AIADMK Through Special Resolution After EPS Takes Control of Party".
(11 July 2022). "AIADMK Tussle: EPS Is New Boss, Rival OPS Expelled".

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