Harish, 31, is a civil engineer (B.E., Jerusalem College of Engineering, 2016) and a lawyer (LL.B., Sri Eshwar Reddy College of Law, 2022) who was, in 2026, a trustee of the Mahendran Charitable and Educational Trust. He has no declared criminal cases.
- Party
- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
- Born
- Around 1995
- Profession
- Civil engineer and lawyer; trustee, Mahendran Charitable and Educational Trust; family business
Education
- 2016B.E. Civil Engineering — Jerusalem College of Engineering, Pallikaranai (Anna University)
- 2022LL.B. — Sri Eshwar Reddy College of Law (Sri Venkateswara University)
Party & ideology
Harish is part of TVK's young, professionally trained cohort — engineer-and-lawyer profile, family-trust background, no prior partisan record — fielded in suburban Chennai-Chengalpattu seats. The Alandur margin of nearly 30,000 in a constituency that was held by DMK heavyweight T. M. Anbarasan illustrated the depth of TVK's southern Chennai sweep.
Family
Son of R. Mahendran; the family runs the Mahendran Charitable and Educational Trust. His spouse works in a software company per ECI affidavit. Other family details kept private.
Official channels
Questions people ask
Who is M. Harish?
M. Harish was elected in 2026 as the TVK MLA from Alandur (AC 28). He is a civil engineer (Jerusalem College of Engineering, 2016) and a lawyer (Sri Eshwar Reddy College of Law, 2022), and was, in 2026, a trustee of the Mahendran Charitable and Educational Trust.
What was the result?
He polled 112,205 votes and won Alandur by 29,609 over DMK's T. M. Anbarasan; AIADMK's S. Saravanan was third on 52,243.
Does he have any criminal cases?
No. His ECI affidavit shows no declared criminal cases.
Other MLAs from Kancheepuram district
Page last changed 2 October 2026.
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