Mahesh Poyyamozhi (born 2 December 1977 as "Nallamuththu Poyyamozhi") is an Indian politician who has served as the Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu and District secretary for Trichy district-South (Trichy east, Thiruverumbur & Manapparai constituencies) of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from 2016–2021. He served as the State Secretary of DMK Youth Wing from 2014–2019.
Political career He started his political life as a party worker in the year 2000. He was appointed the Youth Wing Secretary in 2014. He was elected as a Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Thiruverumbur constituency in 2016. He was again elected as MLA in May 2021 from the Thiruverumbur constituency consecutively and appointed the School Education Minister of Tamil Nadu. He was nominated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to contest the Thiruverumbur constituency for a third consecutive term in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.
Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi completed a doctorate at National College, Tiruchirappalli. His dissertation, titled “Physical Activity for Skill Development Through Machine Learning,” was completed under the guidance of T. Prasanna Balaji.
Elections contested
Tamil Nadu Legislative elections ElectionsConstituencyPartyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentage 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly electionThiruverumburDMK46.98D. KalaichelvanAIADMK37.852021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly electionThiruverumburDMK53.48P. KumarAIADMK28.272026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly electionThiruverumburDMK37.99N. S. VijiTVK42.06
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