C. Govindasamy is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 candidate from Tiruppur constituency

Tiruppur (State Assembly Constituency)

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 in 1989

Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1989

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, and 2006 elections

Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2006

The thirteenth legislative assembly election, of Tamil Nadu was held on May 8, 2006. It was held for all 234 constituencies to elect the government in the state of for the following five years. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006 and all the results were out by the end of the day...

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During the year 2010 he was removed from CPI(M) for organizing a meeting to appreciate the good works of the State Government headed by Mr.Karunanidhi.

During the elections in April 2011 he contested the elections from Tirupur South and lost to MSM Anandan of AIADMK.