S. John Jacob

S. John Jacob (born 19 May 1953) is an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Tamil Nadu.

Jacob was born on 19 May 1953 in Paduvoor and died on 13 Feb 2018. He is married and has two children.[1]

Jacob was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate from Killiyur constituency in Kanyakumari district in the 2006 election.[2] He was one of 14 MLAs who had a 100 per cent attendance record in the 13th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.[3]

Jacob was re-elected from Killiyur as an INC candidate in 2011[4] but switched his allegiance to the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) when G. K. Vasan revived it in 2014. Assigned to the Killiyur constituency once again, his was one of 26 names put forward by the TMC to contest the 2016 state assembly elections as part of an alliance with the People's Welfare Front and Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam.[5] However, one week later it was announced that D. Kumaradas would contest the seat for the TMC instead.[6] The constituency was won by the INC candidate, S. Rajesh Kumar.[7]

References
  1. "Thiru S. John Jacob (INC)". Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  2. 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  3. Ponnusamy, Mahalingam (13 April 2011). "Jayalalithaa attended assembly only 10 days". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  4. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011". Government of Tamil Nadu.
  5. "Tamil Maanila Congress Chief GK Vasan Not To Contest Tamil Nadu Elections". NDTV. PTI. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. "TMC changes Killiyoor candidate". The Hindu. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. "Killiyur (Tamil Nadu) Election Results 2016". Infobase. Retrieved 4 May 2017.


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