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Sowmiya Anbumani
  • Won 2026 by 20,896

Sowmiya Anbumani

சௌமியா அன்புமணி

MLA for Dharmapuri since May 2026MLA for Dharmapuri, 2026–31PMK

  • AC 59 · Dharmapuri district
  • Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
  • Age 55 at the 2026 election
declared assets
₹68.47 cr
pending criminal cases
1
education
Doctorate
times elected MLA
1

Assets, cases and education as declared in the 2026 sworn affidavit to the Election Commission of India. The cases are pending, not convictions. Age: from the Election Commission's candidate profile.

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Career

Sowmiya Anbumani: the career, year by year

First elected to the Assembly in 2026

  • Assembly win
  • Office held
  1. 1991

    Marries Anbumani Ramadoss, then a young PMK leader.

  2. 2002

    Begins editing the Tamil monthly Pasumai Thaayagam Sutru Choozhal — a green-themed publication tied to PMK's environmental wing. Attends the Earth Summit in Johannesburg the same year.

  3. 2006

    Attends UN Conference on Women, New York.

  4. 2009

    Attends the UN Climate Change Summit at Copenhagen.

  5. 2012

    Attends the Better Air Quality Conference, Hong Kong.

  6. 2018

    Attends UN Conference on Women in New York.

  7. 2019

    Completes Ph.D. in Sociology and Environmental Sciences from Madurai Kamaraj University.

  8. 2024

    Contests Dharmapuri Lok Sabha on the PMK ticket — finishes runner-up.

  9. March 2026

    Announced as PMK's Dharmapuri Assembly candidate as part of the AIADMK-led NDA. Files nomination declaring assets of around Rs 68.47 crore.

  10. 4 May 2026

    Won Dharmapuri for the PMK (polling was on 23 April).

    See the full 2026 result
  11. 6 May 2026

    Assumes office as MLA, Dharmapuri.

  12. 11 May 2026

    Sworn in as MLA from Dharmapuri in the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Profile

About Sowmiya Anbumani

Wife of Anbumani Ramadoss — PMK president and Rajya Sabha MP — and daughter of late Congress MP M. Krishnasamy, she is an environmental activist and sociologist who has edited the Tamil monthly Pasumai Thaayagam Sutru Choozhal since 2002. Her first Assembly term began in 2026; she previously contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Dharmapuri.

Party
Pattali Makkal Katchi
Born
1971 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Profession
Environmental activist; sociologist; editor of the Tamil monthly Pasumai Thaayagam Sutru Choozhal (2002- ); advisor to Makkal TV; politician (PMK)
District
Dharmapuri

Education

  • SchoolingHindu Senior Secondary School, Triplicane and Adarsh Vidyalaya, Chennai
  • 1990B.A. Sociology — Stella Maris College, Chennai
  • 1992M.A. — University of Madras
  • 2019Ph.D. in Sociology and Environmental Sciences — Madurai Kamaraj University

Party & ideology

Sowmiya's profile bridges PMK's two anchors. Her ideological framing leans on caste-justice (Vanniyar reservation) and ecological stewardship, with an emphasis on women's representation and rural livelihoods. The Dharmapuri win kept the seat with the PMK, whose S. P. Venkateshwaran had won it in 2021.

Family

Wife of Anbumani Ramadoss — PMK president (since 28 May 2022) and Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu (third term, sworn in 3 April 2026); former Union Health Minister (2004-2009). Daughter of late M. Krishnasamy, lawyer, former Tamil Nadu Congress president and former Member of Parliament. Mother K. V. Chitra, sociologist. Maternal grandfather K. Vinayakam was a Congress MLA from Tiruttani. The couple have three daughters.

Questions people ask

Who is Sowmiya Anbumani?

Sowmiya Anbumani (b. 1971) was elected in 2026 as the PMK MLA from Dharmapuri (AC 59), an environmental activist and sociologist, and the wife of PMK president and Rajya Sabha MP Anbumani Ramadoss. She has edited Pasumai Thaayagam Sutru Choozhal, a Tamil environmental monthly, since 2002.

Was 2026 her first election?

Her first Assembly term — but not her first contest. She fought the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Dharmapuri on PMK ticket and lost. The 2026 Dharmapuri Assembly seat is her first electoral win.

How is she connected to Anbumani Ramadoss?

She married Anbumani Ramadoss in 1991. He is the son of PMK founder S. Ramadoss, was Union Health Minister 2004-09, and was elected to his third Rajya Sabha term on 3 April 2026. He has been PMK president since 28 May 2022.

What is Pasumai Thaayagam?

Pasumai Thaayagam ('Green Motherland') is the PMK-aligned environmental wing and NGO. The Tamil monthly Pasumai Thaayagam Sutru Choozhal, which she has edited since 2002, is its flagship publication and covers ecology, climate and rural-environment issues.

What about her family's political background?

Sowmiya comes from a Congress-political household — her father M. Krishnasamy was a TNCC president and former MP, her maternal grandfather K. Vinayakam was a Congress MLA from Tiruttani — even though she has campaigned through PMK since her marriage. Together with the Ramadosses, hers is one of Tamil Nadu's better-known multi-generational political families.

What are her declared assets?

Around Rs 68.47 crore as declared in her 2026 affidavit — among the highest-asset MLAs elected in 2026.

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