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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. A. Sengottaiyan
| image = K.A.Sengottaiyan.jpg
| honorific-prefix =
| caption = Sengottaiyan in 2017
| office1 = [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Minister for School Education, Youth Welfare and Sports Development]]
| term_start1 = 18 December 2016
| term_end1  =  2 May 2021
| 1blankname1    = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1     = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]
| predecessor1   = [[K. Pandiarajan|Mafoi Pandiarajan]]
| successor1     = [[Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi]]
| office2 = [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Minister for Revenue]]
| term_start2 = 26 January 2012
| term_end2 = 18 July 2012
| office3 = [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Minister for Information and Technology]]
| term_start3 = 4 November 2011
| term_end3 = 26 January 2012
| office4 = [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Minister for Agriculture]]
| term_start4 = 16 May 2011
| term_end4 = 4 November 2011
| office5 = [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Minister for Transport]]
| term_start5 = 24 June 1991
| term_end5 = 12 May 1996
| office6 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start6    = 2006
| term_end6      =
| constituency6 = [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
| term_start7 = 1980
| term_end7 = 1996
| constituency7 = [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
| term_start8 = 1977
| term_end8 = 1980
| constituency8 =  [[Sathyamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Sathyamangalam constituency]]
| office9 = Leader of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] House | term_start9= 14 February 2017 | term_end9 = 6 January 2018 | 1blankname9 = CM | 1namedata9=  [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]  | predecessor9 = [[O. Panneerselvam]] | successor9 = [[O. Panneerselvam]]
| office10             = 8th [[Chairperson|Presidium Chairman]] of [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
| term_start10         = 10 February 2017
| term_end10           = 20 August 2017
| 1blankname10         = General Secretary
| 1namedata10          = [[V. K. Sasikala]] (Interim)
| predecessor1)        = [[E. Madhusudhanan]]
| successor10          = [[E. Madhusudhanan]]
| office11             = Headquarters Secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| 1blankname11         = General Secretary
| 1namedata11          = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]
| predecessor11        = [[D. Jayakumar]]
| successor11         = [[P. Palaniappan]]
| term_start11         = 14 August 2006
| term_end11           = 18 July 2012<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jaya changes party HQ office-bearers|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2012/aug/27/jaya-changes-party-hq-office-bearers-400747.html|access-date=27 August 2012|work=newindianexpress|date=27 August 2012}}</ref>
| 2blankname11         = Headquarters Manager
| 2namedata11          = P. Mahalingam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|01|09}}
| birth_place = [[Kullampalayam]], [[Madras State]], [[India]]
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| residence =
* [[Gobichettipalayam]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
}}
'''K. A. Sengottaiyan''' (born 9 January 1948) is an Indian politician. He is the former Minister for School Education in the [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami ministry (2017–)|Government of Tamil Nadu]]. He also served as the party presidium chairman and headquarters secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]. He is currently the longest serving ADMK MLA along with his opposition counterpart [[Durai Murugan|Duraimurugan]].
He is an incumbent [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] from [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]] in [[Erode district]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402043414/http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf |archive-date=2013-04-02 }}</ref> Previously, he was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate from [[Sathyamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Sathyamangalam constituency]] in [[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977]] election<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results], Election Commission of India</ref> and from [[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]] in [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980]], [[1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1984]], [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]] (Jayalalitha faction), [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]], [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]], [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]] and [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results], Election Commission of India</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results], Election Commission of India</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results], Election Commission of India</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results], Election Commission of India</ref>
Sengottaiyan was the Minister for Transport from 1991 to 1996 during the first tenure of [[Jayalalithaa]] cabinet. He was again the Minister for Agriculture until November 2011 when a cabinet reshuffle by Jayalalithaa resulted in that portfolio being given to [[S. Damodaran (politician)|S. Damodaran]] and Sengottaiyan taking over the Information Technology portfolio from [[R. B. Udhaya Kumar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jayalalithaa sacks six Tamil Nadu ministers |agency=PTI |date=4 November 2011 |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jayalalithaa-sacks-six-tamil-nadu-ministers-572958 |website=Ndtv.com |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>
From 2006 to 2012, he served as the headquarters secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2011/05/16/tami-nadu-ministers-at-glance-aid0091.html|title=ஜெயலலிதா அமைச்சரவையின் 33 அமைச்சர்கள்: ஒரு பார்வை|date=16 May 2011|website=oneindia tamil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vikatan.com/government-and-politics/politics/9373-|title=அமைச்சர் செங்கோட்டையன் நீக்கம்; கட்சி பதவியும் பறிப்பு!|date=18 July 2012|website=vikatan}}</ref>
In February 2017, following the appointment of [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]] as the Chief Minister in place of [[O. Paneerselvam]], Sengottaiyan replaced [[K. Pandiarajan]] as the Minister for School Education. Pandiarajan was the only cabinet minister to have supported Paneerselvam during a party dispute in which [[V. K. Sasikala]] was being touted as a possible Chief Minister. The appointment of Sengottaiyan was the only change made to the cabinet by Palaniswami at that time.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |url=http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/31-member-palaniswami-cabinet-to-be-sworn-in-at-430pm/articleshow/57185887.cms |first=Julie |last=Mariappan |date=16 February 2017 |title=31-member Palaniswami cabinet to be sworn in at 4.30pm|access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref> He allegedly punched the former Tamil Nadu CM [[Karunanidhi]] in his face during the infamous 1989 violent clash in assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/nothing-can-beat-1989-violence/article17326723.ece|title=Nothing can 'beat' 1989 violence|first=Udhav|last=Naig|date=18 February 2017|access-date=4 March 2022|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref>
== Elections contested and results ==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|- style="background:#adc;"
!width=70|Elections
!width=70|Constituency
!width=70|Result
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1977
|[[Sathyamangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Sathyamangalam constituency]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1980
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1984
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1989
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|1991
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=FFA07A|1996
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|{{Lost}}
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|2006
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|2011
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|2016
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|2021
|[[Gobichettipalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Gobichettipalayam constituency]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|}
== References ==
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{{Government of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu}}
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[[Category:People from Gobichettipalayam]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]
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[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1985–1989]]
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[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011]]
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