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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MLA Andipatti · AC 198

Maharajan A.

A. Maharajan retained Andipatti (AC 198) in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election as the DMK candidate, polling 74,324 votes and winning by a margin of 9,554 over TVK's V. Pandi in a tight three-way contest. This is his third Assembly term from Andipatti — he first won the seat in the 2019 by-election, then retained it in 2021 and 2026. The 2019 by-election was unusual: he defeated his own younger brother A. Logirajan, who was contesting on the AIADMK ticket — a 'duel of brothers' covered widely in the national press.

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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Maharajan A.

DMKMLA · Andipatti
Born
Andipatti, Theni district, Tamil Nadu
Constituency
Andipatti · AC 198
District
Theni
Party
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Profession
Agriculture and business; long-time DMK organiser in the Andipatti-Theni belt
2026 result
won by 9,554 votes
Education
8th In 1968-69 From S.S. Puram (Shanmugasundarapuram) Government High School, Andipatti Circle

At a glance

2026 votes
74,324
in the assembly election
Margin
9,554
votes ahead of runner-up
Constituency
Andipatti
AC 198 · Theni
Party
DMK
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Field size
19
candidates contested
Age
72 yrs
as of 2026
Declared assets
₹23.22 cr
ECI affidavit, 2026
Criminal cases
2 pending
declared in affidavit

Education

Highest qualification8th Pass

ECI affidavit (2026)

2 pending criminal cases declared in the 2026 ECI affidavit. Total declared assets: ₹23.22 cr.

ItemValue
Total declared assets₹23.22 cr
Liabilities₹21.18 L
Source: Election Commission of India affidavit, March 2026 — collated by myneta.info (view live page).

Career timeline

The 2026 win — Andipatti

Maharajan A. polled 74,324 votes, defeating Pandi V. (TVK) by a margin of 9,554.

#CandidatePartyVotes
1Maharajan A.DMK74,324
2Pandi V.TVK64,770
3Logirajan A.AIADMK63,343
4Gomathi M.NTK10,346
5NotaNOTA1,028

→ Full Andipatti (AC 198) seat page · district: Theni

Family

From a politically split family in the Andipatti belt. His younger brother A. Logirajan has contested the seat against him on the AIADMK ticket in three successive elections (2019 by-election, 2021 and 2026), losing each time. Per the family's own account, the brothers had lived together as a joint family for years before the political split.

Party & ideology

Maharajan's politics is the local Theni-belt Dravidian-organisational tradition — agriculture-and-business roots, parish-level booth work, and a steady DMK base across three successive Andipatti wins. Andipatti has been a politically charged seat ever since J. Jayalalithaa won it in the famous 2002 by-election; the DMK's three consecutive wins under Maharajan since 2019 mark a notable swing of the seat into the DMK column.

FAQ

How many times has A. Maharajan won?

Three — Andipatti in the 2019 by-election, Andipatti in the 2021 general election, and Andipatti again in 2026. All three times on the DMK ticket.

What was the 'duel of brothers' in 2019?

In the 2019 Andipatti by-election Maharajan, contesting on the DMK ticket, faced his younger brother A. Logirajan, who was contesting on the AIADMK ticket. The contest drew wide national coverage as a 'duel of brothers'. Logirajan has gone on to contest against him again in 2021 and 2026 — losing each time.

What are his declared assets?

Per his 2021 ECI affidavit: total assets of about Rs 15.55 crore with around Rs 94 lakh in liabilities, and four criminal cases on record (three relating to being part of an unlawful assembly, one for disobedience to orders and one relating to negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter).

Who has held Andipatti before?

Andipatti is best known as the seat from which J. Jayalalithaa returned to the Assembly in the 2002 by-election after the Supreme Court verdict in the TANSI case. AIADMK's Thanga Tamil Selvan held the seat through much of 2001-2016. Maharajan brought the seat into the DMK column in 2019.

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