MLA · 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly (2026–31)Former MLA · 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly (2026–31)
Won 2026 by 94,985
M. L. Vijay Prabhu
எம். எல். விஜய் பிரபு
MLA for Madavaram since May 2026MLA for Madavaram, 2026–31TVK
AC 9 · Thiruvallur district
Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
Term ended 10 May 2031
Age 37 at the 2026 election
declared assets
₹93.60 lakh
pending criminal cases
0
education
Professional degree
times elected MLA
1
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.
Passes Class 10 from St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School.
2005–2008
Completes Diploma in Electrical Engineering at PD Chengalvaraya Nayakku Polytechnic College.
2022
Completes B.A. and LL.B. at Vikrama Simhapuri University, Andhra Pradesh — equipped to enter the legal profession.
2022–2024
Practising advocate in Chennai; builds early profile across the Thiruvallur–Madavaram civic and legal-services community.
2024–2025
Selected by TVK for the Madavaram candidacy — a Chennai-North seat with strong Vijay-Makkal-Iyakkam organising base. Listed in the party's official Tamil Nadu candidate roster.
4 May 2026
Won Madavaram for the TVK (polling was on 23 April).
Took oath as MLA in the first session of the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly under Pro-tem Speaker M. V. Karuppaiah.
Profile
About M. L. Vijay Prabhu
M. L. Vijay Prabhu won Madavaram (AC 9) in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election as the TVK candidate, polling 1,90,462 votes — the second-highest individual vote tally for any candidate across Tamil Nadu in 2026 (only ECR P. Saravanan's 2,20,382 was higher). Born 1989, son of M. E. Logabiraman of Thiruvallur, he is a practising advocate with degrees in Arts and Law (Vikrama Simhapuri University, 2022) and an earlier Diploma in Electrical Engineering (PD Chengalvaraya Nayakku Polytechnic, 2005–2008).
Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Born
1989, Thiruvallur; son of M. E. Logabiraman
Profession
Advocate (B.A., LL.B.); politician (TVK); first-time MLA of 2026 from Madavaram
2005 · SchoolingClass 10, St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School
2005–2008 · DiplomaDiploma in Electrical Engineering, PD Chengalvaraya Nayakku Polytechnic College
2022 · DegreeB.A. and LL.B. (Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws), Vikrama Simhapuri University, Andhra Pradesh
Party & ideology
Vijay Prabhu is one of TVK's young-lawyer faces — the kind of professional 30-something profile that signals the party's generational pitch. The Madavaram seat sits in the Chennai-North belt where DMK had built strength over multiple cycles; the 94,985-vote margin in 2026 is one of the most decisive turnovers of the year. Inside the 17th Assembly he is part of the urban-professional cohort of TVK MLAs alongside Aadhav Arjuna (Villivakkam; minister from 10 May 2026, Public Works and Sports Development) and the lawyer P. Venkataramanan (Mylapore; minister from 10 May 2026, Food & Civil Supplies). His combined diploma + law degrees give him an unusual breadth of technical training for a first-term MLA.
Family
Son of M. E. Logabiraman of Thiruvallur. Family roots in the Madavaram–Thiruvallur belt north of Chennai. The ECI places the seat in Thiruvallur district.
Questions people ask
Who is M. L. Vijay Prabhu?
Advocate from Thiruvallur, son of M. E. Logabiraman. First-time MLA from Madavaram (AC 9), elected on TVK ticket in 2026 with 1,90,462 votes — the second-highest individual vote tally in Tamil Nadu 2026 (after Saravanan's 2,20,382 in Sholinganallur). Won by a 94,985-vote margin.
Was Vijay Prabhu the highest vote-getter in TN 2026?
He was the second-highest. His 1,90,462 votes in Madavaram is the second-highest individual vote count in Tamil Nadu 2026 — only ECR P. Saravanan from Sholinganallur (2,20,382 votes) polled more. Both wins are TVK's signature 2026 results.
Is he related to actor Vijay?
No connection beyond party. M. L. Vijay Prabhu is the son of M. E. Logabiraman from Thiruvallur, with his own legal-profession background. He is not part of actor Vijay's family.
Why was Madavaram so decisive for TVK?
Madavaram is a Chennai-North constituency where DMK had built multi-cycle strength. Vijay Prabhu's 52.61% vote share — nearly double the DMK runner-up's votes — and his 94,985-vote margin made it one of the cleanest 2026 wins for TVK and a clear signal that the party's urban-professional candidate model worked in Chennai's northern suburbs.
