MLA · 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly (2026–31)
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MLA for Mylapore since May 2026TVK
Minister for Food & Civil Supplies · Consumer Protection · Price Control, from 10 May 2026
Assets, cases and education as declared in the 2026 sworn affidavit to the Election Commission of India. Age: from the Election Commission's candidate profile.
Sources: Election Commission of India (result, candidate profile) and the 2026 affidavit.
First elected to the Assembly in 2026
Practised law in Chennai.
Administered the pledge to party workers at the TVK's first state conference.
Won Mylapore for the TVK (polling was on 23 April).
See the full 2026 resultSworn in as Minister for Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control in CM Vijay's ministry.
He is the TVK Treasurer and was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in CM Vijay's first ministry on 10 May 2026; on 16 May he was allotted Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control.
Inside TVK, Venkataramanan plays the technical-finance role — his party post (Treasurer) puts him at the heart of compliance, election-expense reporting and the management of the campaign machine that won TVK 108 seats in 2026.
S/o · D/o · W/o Padmanaaban. Spouse: Trustee - Sai Vijay Charitable Trust.
Minister for Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection, Price Control in the Tamil Nadu government, from 10 May 2026; portfolios as on the Government of Tamil Nadu's list of ministers, checked 26 September 2026.
P. Venkataramanan was 48 years old at the April 2026 election, as the Election Commission's candidate profile records it (age at filing). An exact date of birth is not part of the records on this page.
The 2026 affidavit declares the spouse's profession as Trustee - Sai Vijay Charitable Trust. Our record holds no other detail about the spouse.
In the 2026 nomination, P. Venkataramanan is declared as the son of Padmanaaban.
Postgraduate, as declared in the 2026 affidavit. As written there: M.Com - Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu - 2002 (2). LLB - Bangalore University - 2012 (3). MBA - Periyar University, Tamil Nadu - 2015 (4). LLM Annamalai University Tamil Nadu - 2020
₹5.41 cr in declared assets (liabilities ₹5.70 cr) in the 2026 affidavit sworn to the Election Commission of India; 0 pending criminal cases (declared, not convictions).
P. Venkataramanan is the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA for Mylapore (AC 25, Chennai district), elected in April 2026.
70,070 votes (46.5% of those polled) in the April 2026 election, a margin of 28,972 votes over Velu Dha (DMK).
As a minister on 10 May 2026. As an MLA on 11 May 2026, when the 17th Assembly met for the first time.
Lawyer and TVK Treasurer; first-time MLA from Mylapore (AC 25), Chennai, elected on TVK ticket in 2026 with 70,070 votes (margin 28,972). Sworn in as a Cabinet Minister on 10 May 2026 and allotted Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control on 16 May.
DMK's Dha Velu (41,098 votes) and BJP's Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (32,328 votes) — making the Mylapore contest one of the most-watched results of 2026.
TVK's treasurer. He oversees TVK's finances, election-expense compliance with the Election Commission, and the financial machinery of the party.
Page last changed 12 October 2026.
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