title: K. P. Shankar
text: # K. P. Shankar
  
  Tiruvotriyur K P Shankar is a social worker, businessman, and Indian politician and a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Tiruvottiyur constituency in 2021. He was served a Councillor of the Greater Chennai Corporation ward No.5 at Tiruvottiyur Zone and represents the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He is the Brother of former DMK MLA K.P.P.Samy.
  
  He was removed from the post of the party's Tiruvottiyur West area secretary after he had reportedly attacked a city corporation engineer who was overseeing road-laying work in his constituency.
  
  ## Electoral performance
  
  2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | K. P. Shankar | 88,185 | 44.34% | +1.09 |
  | | AIADMK | K. Kuppan | 50,524 | 25.40% | -15.29 |
  | | NTK | Seeman | 48,597 | 24.43% | +22.35 |
  | | MNM | D. Mohan | 7,053 | 3.55% | New |
  | | AMMK | M. Soundara Pandian | 1,417 | 0.71% | New |
  | | NOTA | NOTA | 1,111 | 0.56% | -0.98 |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 37,661 | 18.94% | 16.38% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 198,885 | 64.99% | -1.93% |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 81 | 0.04% | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 306,004 | | |
  | | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 1.09% | |
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Election Commission of India
  * K.P.Shankar(DMK):Constituency- THIRUVOTTIYUR(THIRUVALLUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:
  * Thiruvottiyur Election Result 2021 LIVE: DMK's KP Shankar wins against AIADMK's K Kuppan
  * Thiruvottiyur, Tamil Nadu Assembly election result 2021
  