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

D. Sarathkumar
  • Won 2026 by 35,621
  • Minister

D. Sarathkumar

டி. சரத்குமார் (கில்லி சரத்)

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

Minister for Human Resources Management · Ex-Servicemen Welfare, from 21 May 2026

  • AC 31 · Chengalpattu district
  • Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
  • Age 34 at the 2026 election
times elected MLA
1

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Career

D. Sarathkumar: the career, year by year

First elected to the Assembly in 2026

  • Assembly win
  • Office held
  1. 2012

    B.B.A. from M.M. Jain College, Meenambakkam.

  2. Post-2012

    Set up a civil-contracting business in the Tambaram-Chengalpattu belt; became a familiar local figure under the nickname Ghilli Sarath.

  3. 2025–2026

    Joined TVK and was named the party's candidate for Tambaram in the 234-seat list.

  4. 4 May 2026

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

    See the full 2026 result
  5. 21 May 2026

    Sworn in as Minister for Human Resources Management and Ex-Servicemen Welfare in CM Vijay's ministry.

  6. 11 May 2026

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

Profile

About D. Sarathkumar

A civil contractor and son of Dhanasekaran, he is widely known in Tambaram as 'Ghilli Sarath' and is a first-time legislator.

Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
In government
Minister · Human Resources Management · Ex-Servicemen Welfare · from 21 May 2026
Born
1991/92; from Tambaram / Meenambakkam area, Chengalpattu
Profession
Civil contractor; first-time MLA of 2026, Tambaram (TVK). Known locally as Ghilli Sarath.
District
Chengalpattu

Education

  • 2012B.B.A. — M.M. Jain College, Meenambakkam.

Party & ideology

Sarathkumar represents the localised face of TVK's Chennai-suburban push — a young first-generation entrepreneur with no inherited political family, picked over older DMK and AIADMK aspirants in a fast-urbanising seat. His pitch hewed to TVK's wider 2026 themes: anti-incumbency on local civic issues, youth employment, and affordable urban services.

Family

Son of Dhanasekaran; spouse listed as a homemaker per his 2026 ECI affidavit.

Questions people ask

Which minister is D. Sarathkumar?

Minister for Human Resources Management, Ex-Servicemen Welfare in the Tamil Nadu government, from 21 May 2026; portfolios as on the Government of Tamil Nadu's list of ministers, checked 26 September 2026.

Who is D. Sarathkumar?

Civil contractor from the Tambaram-Meenambakkam area, known locally as 'Ghilli Sarath'. He was first elected in 2026 as the TVK MLA from Tambaram (AC 31) in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election.

What was his winning margin?

He polled 1,18,967 votes and defeated DMK's R.S. Kiruthika Devi by 35,621 votes — the smallest of TVK's five winning margins in Chengalpattu district, though the 29th-largest of the 234 statewide.

Other MLAs from Chengalpattu district

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

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