Rangasamy resigns from Thattanchavady seat, retains Mangalam constituency
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy has resigned from the Thattanchavady Assembly seat while retaining the Mangalam constituency. He submitted his resignation letter following the recent Assembly elections where he won both seats. As per Assembly rules, he is required to hold only one seat after being elected from multiple constituencies.
- ▪N. Rangasamy resigned from the Thattanchavady Assembly seat.
- ▪He won both Thattanchavady and Mangalam constituencies in the recent elections.
- ▪Rangasamy defeated his rival E. Vinayagam by 4,441 votes in Thattanchavady and S. S. Rangan by over 7,000 votes in Mangalam.
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Chief Minister and AINRC founder N. Rangasamy has resigned from the Thattanchavady Assembly seat, retaining the Mangalam constituency.Mr. Rangasamy submitted his resignation letter to Secretary of the Legislative Assembly J. Dayalane on Sunday, sources said. The Chief Minister had contested from Thattanchavady in the town and Mangalam in the rural area of Puducherry in the recently concluded Assembly elections. He won both the seats by a good margin. As per Assembly rules, a member elected from multiple constituencies should hold one seat and resign from others within 14 days.He retained the Thattanchavady seat by defeating his immediate rival E.
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