MLA · 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly (2026–31)Former MLA · 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly (2026–31)

J. Kamatchi
  • Won 2026 by 54,693

J. Kamatchi

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MLA for Pallavaram since May 2026MLA for Pallavaram, 2026–31TVK

  • AC 30 · Chengalpattu district
  • Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
  • Age 44 at the 2026 election
declared assets
₹107.00 cr
pending criminal cases
0
education
12th pass
times elected MLA
1

Assets, cases and education as declared in the 2026 sworn affidavit to the Election Commission of India. Age: from the Election Commission's candidate profile.

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Career

J. Kamatchi: the career, year by year

First elected to the Assembly in 2026

  • Assembly win
  • Office held
  • Party
  1. 1998

    Completes Class 12 at Avvai Home TVR Girls Higher Secondary School, Chennai.

  2. Early career

    Builds out a multi-vertical business — real estate, supermarket, restaurant, cinema production and licensed stamp vending; settled in Sholinganallur.

  3. From 2013

    Begins a personal schools-adoption programme in Villupuram district at her own expense — supporters credit her with funding 20+ schools and sponsoring graduate-teacher salaries that supporters say lifted pass-rates substantially in the participating schools.

  4. 2024–2025

    Joins Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam as the party builds out its Chengalpattu cadre.

  5. Mar 2026

    Announced by Vijay as TVK candidate for Pallavaram (AC 30) in the party's full 234-seat list.

  6. 4 May 2026

    Won Pallavaram for the TVK (polling was on 23 April).

    See the full 2026 result
  7. 11 May 2026

    Took oath as MLA in the first session of the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Profile

About J. Kamatchi

Businesswoman from Sholinganallur with interests across real estate, supermarkets, restaurants and Tamil cinema production, Kamatchi declared total assets of around Rs 107.00 crore in her 2026 ECI affidavit. She is also known for an unusual personal philanthropy: a long-running schools-adoption programme in Villupuram district that supporters say has lifted exam pass-rates in the schools she funds.

Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Born
1982 in Tamil Nadu; from Sholinganallur, Chennai; daughter of Jayakrishnan
Profession
Businesswoman — real estate, supermarket, restaurant, cinema production and licensed stamp vending; first-time MLA of 2026, Pallavaram (TVK)
District
Chengalpattu

Education

  • 1998Class 12 — Avvai Home TVR Girls Higher Secondary School, Chennai.

Party & ideology

Kamatchi is a clean fit for the party's 'professionals and entrepreneurs into politics' framing. Her Pallavaram pitch leans on civic infrastructure for one of Chennai's fastest-growing southern suburbs (the Pallavaram-Tambaram airport-adjacent corridor), women's safety and welfare given the high female-voter share in the seat, and her own multi-year schools-adoption record in Villupuram that the campaign foregrounded as a credentials piece.

Family

Daughter of Jayakrishnan per the 2026 ECI affidavit. Married, with the family running joint business interests across real estate, supermarket, restaurant, furniture and cinema production. Resident of Sholinganallur, Chennai.

Questions people ask

Who is J. Kamatchi?

J. Kamatchi (born 1982) was elected in 2026 as the TVK MLA for Pallavaram (AC 30) in Chengalpattu district. A businesswoman from Sholinganallur with interests in real estate, supermarket, restaurant and cinema production, she won her debut Assembly election with 1,33,611 votes — defeating DMDK's D. Murugesan by 54,693 votes.

What about the Villupuram schools claim?

Multiple TVK campaign accounts and a widely shared post by Vijay's official handle described a long-running schools-adoption programme she has run since 2013 in Villupuram district — 20+ schools funded, graduate teachers sponsored, with supporters citing pass-rates rising significantly in participating schools. Independent academic verification of the pass-rate figures is limited; the broader philanthropy is well documented in TVK and supporter coverage.

How did Pallavaram vote?

Final: Kamatchi (TVK) 1,33,611, Murugesan (DMDK) 78,918, Venkatesan (AIADMK) 48,921, Karthikeyan (NTK) 14,065 — with 23 candidates in all. The 54,693-vote margin reflected the broader TVK sweep through Chennai's southern suburbs.

Other MLAs from Chengalpattu district

ECR P. SaravananShozhinganallur · TVKD. SarathkumarTambaram · TVKS. ThiyagarajanChengalpattu · TVKB. VijayarajThiruporur · TVKE. RajasekarCheyyur · AIADMKK. Maragatham KumaravelMadurantakam · AIADMK · former

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