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

A. Maharajan
  • Won 2026 by 9,554

A. Maharajan

ஏ. மகாராஜன்

MLA for Andipatti since May 2026MLA for Andipatti, 2026–31DMK

  • AC 198 · Theni district
  • Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
  • Age 72 at the 2026 election
declared assets
₹23.22 cr
pending criminal cases
2
education
8th pass
times elected MLA
3

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

A. Maharajan: the career, year by year

  1. 2019
  2. 2021
  3. 2026

Elected from Andipatti 3 times

  • Assembly win
  • Office held
  1. Early career

    Active as a DMK organiser in the Andipatti-Theni belt, with an agriculture and business background.

  2. 2019

    First MLA win — Andipatti by-election on the DMK ticket. The contest was notable as a 'duel of brothers' — Maharajan defeated his younger brother A. Logirajan, who was contesting on the AIADMK ticket.

  3. 2021

    Wins Andipatti in the general election with 93,541 votes (44.64%) — a margin of 8,538 over the AIADMK's A. Logirajan (his brother again).

  4. 4 May 2026

    Won Andipatti for the DMK (polling was on 23 April).

    See the full 2026 result
  5. 11 May 2026

    Continues as DMK MLA in the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly — third Assembly term.

Profile

About A. Maharajan

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.

Party
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Born
Andipatti, Theni district, Tamil Nadu
Profession
Agriculture and business; long-time DMK organiser in the Andipatti-Theni belt
District
Theni

Education

  • Schooling8th Pass — Government High School (1968-69)

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.

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.

Questions people ask

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.

Other MLAs from Theni district

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