N. Thalavai Sundaram: the career, year by year
- Assembly win
- Office held
- Party
- Apr 1996
Entered the Rajya Sabha for the AIADMK.
- May 2001
Won Kanniyakumari for the AIADMK, by 9,536 votes over the DMK.
- 2001
Became Minister for Public Works in Jayalalithaa's government.
- May 2006
Lost Kanniyakumari as the AIADMK's candidate, by 10,687 votes to the DMK.
- 19 May 2016
Lost Kanniyakumari as the AIADMK's candidate, by 5,912 votes to the DMK.
- 4 Mar 2017
Appointed the Tamil Nadu government's Special Representative in Delhi.
- 2 May 2021
Won Kanniyakumari for the AIADMK, by 16,210 votes over the DMK.
- 8 Oct 2024
Removed by Edappadi K. Palaniswami from his posts as the AIADMK's Kanniyakumari East district secretary and organisation secretary.
- Nov 2024
Restored to both party posts.
- 4 May 2026
Won Kanniyakumari for the AIADMK (polling was on 23 April).
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