B. Valarmathi

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B.Valarmathi
Chairman- Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation
In office
8 Jan 2017 – 2 May 2021
Preceded byK. Pandiarajan
Succeeded byDindigul I. Leoni
Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
12 December 2011 – 22 May 2016
MinisterMinister of Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon meal program
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
J. Jayalalithaa
Preceded bySelvi Ramajayam
Succeeded byV. Saroja
In office
27 August 2004 – 12 May 2006
MinisterMinister of Rural Industries
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
Preceded byK. Pandurangan
Succeeded byPongalur N. Palanisamy
In office
14 May 2001 – 27 August 2004
MinisterMinister of Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon meal program
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
J. Jayalalithaa
Preceded byS. P. Sarguna Pandian
Succeeded byVijayalakshmi Palanisamy
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
23 May 2011 – 21 May 2016
Preceded byM. K. Stalin
Succeeded byK. K. Selvam
ConstituencyThousand Lights
In office
13 May 2001 – 11 May 2006
Preceded byC. Shanmugam
Succeeded byT. M. Anbarasan
ConstituencyAlandur
In office
1984–1989
Preceded byT. K. Kapali
Succeeded byN. Ganapathy
ConstituencyMylapore
State Secretary of the AIADMK Women's Wing
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 July 2021
General SecretaryEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Joint Secretary Margatham Kumaravel
Keerthika Muniyasamy
DeputyV. M. Rajalakshmi
Gayathri Raguram
Preceded byVijila Sathyananth
In office
1 January 2007 – 28 January 2010
General SecretaryJ. Jayalalithaa
Preceded byS. Gokula Indira
Succeeded byS. Gokula Indira
Personal details
Born (1957-10-20) 20 October 1957 (age 68)
Madurai, Madras, India
(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
PartyFile:AIADMK OfficialFlag Vector.svg All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse
  • Balasubramanian
    ​
    (m. 1977)​
Children2
EducationB.A.

B. Valarmathi is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Thousand Lights constituency.[1][2] As a member of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, she was elected from Mylapore in 1984,[3] Alandur constituency in the 2001[4] and Thousand Lights in 2011 elections.[5] She is currently serving as the Women's Wing Secretary of AIADMK. She also served as Minister in Jayalalithaa cabinet on two occasions. Minister of Rural Industries (2004-2006) and Social welfare (2001-2004, 2011-2016).

The elections of 2016 resulted in her constituency being won by Ku. Ka. Selvam.[6] She was one among the 13 incumbent ADMK ministers defeated in 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly election.

After Jayalalitha's death, she briefly aligned with Sasikala faction before returning to ADMK camp in 2018.

She was appointed as the Chairman of Tamil Nadu Textbook Association from 2017 to 2021, a position which had equivalent rank as Cabinet Minister.

She was one among the few leading female leaders of ADMK.

Elections contested

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Election Constituency Party Result Vote % Winner/Runner-up Winner/Runner-up Party Winner/Runner-up vote % Ref.
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Alandur AIADMK Lost 32.06% T. M. Anbarasan DMK 49.12%
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Thousand Lights AIADMK Lost 38.78% Ku. Ka. Selvam DMK 48.56% [7]
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Thousand Lights AIADMK Won 50.55% Hasan Mohamed Jinnah DMK 44.87% [5]
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Alandur AIADMK Lost 40.55% T. M. Anbarasan DMK 46.85% [8]
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Alandur AIADMK Won 47.59% R. M. Veerappan MGRK 41.25% [4]
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Mylapore AIADMK Won 51.68% R. S. Bharathi DMK 46.22% [3]

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