Nanjil K. Manoharan

Nanjil K. Manoharan (b. February 1929 - d.1 August 2000) (Tamil: நாஞ்சில் கி. மனோகரன்) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was Tamil Nadu's minister of Finance during 1977-80 and minister of Revenue during 1996-2000.

Personal life

He was born in Kottar in Nagercoil in February 1929. He died of cardiac arrest at the age of 71 on 1 August 2000 in Chennai. He was survived by his wife two sons and two daughters at the time of his death.

Political career

• He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly four times (in 1977, 84, 89 and 1996).
• He was elected to the Indian Parliament three times (in 1962, 67 and 71).
• He was a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) till 1974
• Then he joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK). He served as Finance minister in the M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) cabinet during 1977-80.
• He returned to the DMK in 1980 and became its Deputy General Secretary. He was the Revenue minister in the M. Karunanidhi cabinet during 1996-2000.

Electoral history

Election	Post	Constituency	Winner	Votes	Party	Runner-up	Votes	Party	Status
1962	M.P	Chennai South	K. Nanjil Manoharan	1,51,917	DMK	C. R. Ramaswamy	89,771	INC	Won
1967	M.P	Chennai North	K. Nanjil Manoharan	2,27,783	DMK	S. C. C. A. Pillai	1,66,449	INC	Won
1971	M.P	Chennai North	K. Nanjil Manoharan	2,45,401	DMK	S. G. Vinayaga Moorthy	1,93,807	NCO	Won
1977	M.L.A	Palayamkottai	K. Nanjil Manoharan	29,146	ADMK	N. Shanmugan	15,192	IND	Won
1980	M.L.A	Mylapore	T. K. Kapali	41,260	ADMK	K. Nanjil Manoharan	37,944	DMK	Lost
1984	M.L.A	Purasawalkam	K. Nanjil Manoharan	61,246	DMK	K. Suppu	56,736	ADMK	Won
1989	M.L.A	Triplicane	K. Nanjil Manoharan	36,414	DMK	H. V. Hande	26,442	ADMK (JL)	Won
1991	M.L.A	Triplicane	Mohammad Asif	39,028	ADMK	K. Nanjil Manoharan	26,576	DMK	Lost
1996	M.L.A	Triplicane	K. Nanjil Manoharan	50,401	DMK	A. Wahab	15,390	ADMK	Won