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Durai Murugan (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is the Minister for Water Resources under the government of M. K. Stalin since 2021. He is the general secretary of the DMK party since 9 September 2020. He graduated in M.A. and B.L. and is an advocate by profession. He is a very close confidant to former DMK Supremo M. Karunanidhi and his son DMK President M. K. Stalin. He also worked as Treasurer, Principal Secretary and Deputy General secretary of the DMK party.

Durai Murugan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971 and has been elected ten times since. He was elected from the Katpadi constituency in 2006. After the 2006 assembly elections, Durai Murugan was appointed Minister for Public Works in the Government of Tamil Nadu.[citation needed] [2]

He was divested of the Public Works Department portfolio on 13 July 2009.[3]

He was re-elected from the Katpadi constituency in the elections of 2016.[4]

He currently resides in Kotturpuram, Chennai.[citation needed]

Elections contested and results

Elections Constituency Party Result Vote% Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote%
1971 Katpadi DMK Won 57.79 DHANDAYUTHAPANI NCO 32.25[5]
1977 Ranipet DMK Won 43.53 WAHAB K.A. Independent 22.68[6]
1980 Ranipet DMK Won 53.70 RENU. N AIADMK 44.91[7]
1984 Katpadi DMK Lost 39.62 G. RAGHUPATHI AIADMK 57.08[8]
1989 Katpadi DMK Won 43.41 MARGABANDU, R AIADMK 23.47[9]
1991 Katpadi DMK Lost 33.02 K.M. KALAISELVI AIADMK 56.43[10]
1996 Katpadi DMK Won 61.20 PANDURANGAN, K AIADMK 27.93[11]
2001 Katpadi DMK Won 49.47 NATARAJAN A.K. PMK 43.30[12]
2006 Katpadi DMK Won 49.55 NARAYANAN.B AIADMK 47.59[13]
2011 Katpadi DMK Won 49.55 APPU S.R.K AIADMK 47.59[14]
2016 Katpadi DMK Won 50.90 APPU S.R.K AIADMK 37.44[15]
2021 Katpadi DMK Won 45.71 V RAMU AIADMK 45.31

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