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

K. Thennarasu
  • Won 2026 by 54,246
  • Minister

K. Thennarasu

கே. தென்னரசு

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

Minister for Non-Resident Tamils Welfare · Refugees & Evacuees, from 21 May 2026

  • AC 29 · Kancheepuram district
  • Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
  • Age 36 at the 2026 election
declared assets
₹52.94 lakh
pending criminal cases
3
education
8th pass
times elected MLA
1

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

K. Thennarasu: the career, year by year

First elected to the Assembly in 2026

  • Assembly win
  • Office held
  1. Pre-2026

    Builds party-organisation work in Kancheepuram district as TVK rolls out its 2026 ground structure.

  2. 2025

    Appointed Kancheepuram district secretary of TVK.

  3. March 2026

    Announced as TVK's candidate from Sriperumbudur (SC) — a high-stakes constituency given the Congress nominee was sitting TNCC president and Sriperumbudur MLA K. Selvaperunthagai.

  4. 4 May 2026

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

    See the full 2026 result
  5. 21 May 2026

    Sworn in as Minister for Non-Resident Tamils Welfare and Refugees & Evacuees in CM Vijay's ministry.

  6. 11 May 2026

    Sworn in as MLA from Sriperumbudur in the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Profile

About K. Thennarasu

AIADMK's K. Palani placed third with 73,182. Thennarasu was, in 2026, TVK's Kancheepuram district secretary and was one of the party's organisational anchors in the suburban Chennai industrial belt.

Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
In government
Minister · Non-Resident Tamils Welfare · Refugees & Evacuees · from 21 May 2026
Born
Thiruppudkuzhi area, Kancheepuram district; 36 at the 2026 filing (ECI)
Profession
TVK Kancheepuram district secretary; party organiser
District
Kancheepuram

Education

  • 2005Schooling — Government Higher Secondary School, Thiruppudkuzhi (Class 8 listed; Class 10 not completed per ECI affidavit)

Party & ideology

Thennarasu represents TVK's organisational backbone in the western Kancheepuram industrial belt — district-secretary track rather than the lateral-entry professional cohort. The Sriperumbudur win is one of TVK's marquee ones because it unseated the sitting TNCC president (and DMK ally) K. Selvaperunthagai in an SC-reserved constituency that was widely tipped to stay with the INDIA bloc. His ECI affidavit lists pending criminal cases relating to public-protest sections (IPC 353 and BNS 126(2), 189(2), 223) — typical of long-running party-organiser activity; their judicial status is per the standard affidavit disclaimer.

Family

Family details kept private per ECI affidavit; based in the Thiruppudkuzhi area of Kancheepuram district.

Questions people ask

Which minister is K. Thennarasu?

Minister for Non-Resident Tamils Welfare, Refugees & Evacuees 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 K. Thennarasu?

K. Thennarasu was elected in 2026 as the TVK MLA from Sriperumbudur (AC 29, Kancheepuram), an SC-reserved constituency. In 2026 he was the party's Kancheepuram district secretary, and he was the organisational lead for TVK in that belt before being given the ticket.

Why is the Sriperumbudur win significant?

Because TVK unseated K. Selvaperunthagai — the sitting Tamil Nadu Pradesh Congress Committee (TNCC) president and Sriperumbudur MLA — by 54,246 votes in a seat the INDIA bloc had widely been expected to retain.

What is on his ECI affidavit?

Pending charges relating to public-protest sections — assault to deter a public servant (IPC 353), wrongful restraint (BNS 126(2)), unlawful assembly (BNS 189(2)) and disobedience to public-servant orders (BNS 223). Self-declared per the standard affidavit; judicial status is governed by the standard disclaimer.

Other MLAs from Kancheepuram district

M. HarishAlandur · TVKJ. MunirathinamUthiramerur · TVKR. V. RanjithkumarKancheepuram · TVK

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