He was a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, representing the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, for Chepauk constituency in the 1977, 1980 and 1984 elections. He was elected as a DMK candidate from Park Town constituency in 1989 and from Ramanathapuram constituency in 1996.
He also served as the Minister for Labour and later, Minister for Revenue in the Government of Tamil Nadu.
He died in 2020 at Chennai, from COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, aged 77.
Elections Contested Tamilnadu State Legislative Assembly Elections Contested ElectionsConstituencyPartyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentage 1977ChepaukDMK38.40V. RajkumarAIADMK27.98 1980ChepaukDMK55.64M. S. Abdul KhaderAIADMK39.91 1984ChepaukDMK56.26S. V. MarimuthuAIADMK42.31 1989Park TownDMK49.25Babuji GautamAIADMK22.50 1991Park TownDMK37.79U. BalaramanINC55.05 1996RamanathapuramDMK51.22S. K. G. SekarAIADMK20.47 2001RamanathapuramDMK42.56A. Anwar RhazzaAIADMK50.21 2006Park TownDMK38.34K. SrinivasanAIADMK47.06
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