P. R. Senthilnathan

PR Senthinathan (b. 1968) is a politician from Tamil Nadu. He was born in Nagadi village in the Sivaganga district. He studied at Sevugan Annamalai college in Devakottai. After finishing his B.Sc he went to Bengaluru to study for a B.L degree in Bengaluru University. He started out as a lawyer and became well known for his good skills. He entered politics in 1988 by joining AIADMK. He made a small beginning in the party as its Nagadi branch secretary in 1992 and served as district secretary of Amma Peravai between 2007 and 2013. He was appointed as Sivgangai district secretary of AIADMK on April 2013, and Chairman of Tamil Nadu Backward Classes and economic development corporation on June 2013.[1][2]

P. R. Senthilnathan
Born1968
Nagadi, Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
OccupationPolitician
Political partyAIADMK

In 2014 he was announced as Sivaganga Loksabha candidate by the Party Head Honourable Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. With a difference of 229,385 votes in the 2014 Loksabha election he defeated H. Raja, the Tamil Nadu BJP Vice President and Karthi P. Chidambaram, (son of P. Chidambaram, the country's former Finance Minister ),[3] winning his party the election for the first time in 34 years in sivaganga constituency.

References
  1. "Profile of AIADMK candidates in southern districts". The Hindu. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. "MyNeta Profile". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. "GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
Preceded by
P. Chidambaram		 Member of 16th Lok Sabha
for Sivaganga
2014–2019		 Succeeded by
Karti Chidambaram
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