K Padmarajan Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Name Earned	Dr. K Padmanarajan [1]My Neta
Nickname	Election King [2]Firstpost
Profession	Politician
Known For	Contesting in elections 238 times
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Politics
Political Party	Independent
Personal Life
Date of Birth	15 May 1959 (Friday)
Age (as of 2024)	65 Years
Birthplace	Attur, Tamil Nadu
Zodiac sign	Taurus
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Attur, Tamil Nadu
School	Kunhimangalam Higher Secondary School, Kunhimangalam, Kerala
College/University	Annamalai Open University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
Educational Qualification	A master's degree in History [3]My Neta
Religion	Hinduism
Address	3/3-23A, Padma Nivas Building Raman Nagar Post, Mettur Dam-636 403 Salem District, Tamil Nadu State
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Sreeja Nambiyar
Children	Son- Sreejesh Padmarajan Daughter- Anagha Nambiar
Parents	Father- K. Kunchambu Nair
Favourites
Quote	Tatvamasi
Style Quotient
Bike Collection	TVS XL100
Money Factor
Assets/Properties	Movable Assets Cash: Rs. 49,000 Bank Deposits: 1,000 Jewellery: Rs. 60,000 Vehicle: Rs. 5,000 Immovable Assets commercial Building: Rs. 11,00, 000 Residential Building: Rs. 3,00,000 Note: The given estimates of movable and immovable assets are according to the year 2023-2024. It excludes the assets owned by his wife and dependents. [4]My Neta
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 15 crores (as of 2023-2024) [5]My Neta
Social Media
Instagram	Padmarajan Electionking
Facebook	Padmarajan Electionking

Some Lesser Known Facts About K Padmarajan

• K Padmarajan owns a tyre repair business in Mettur, Tamil Nadu.

• He began contesting in Indian elections in 1988.

• In 1988, he contested the Tamil Nadu Legislative elections from the Mettur constituency and lost the election.

• K Padmarajan has fought elections against many renowned politicians including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Narendra Modi, and Manmohan Singh.

• During an interview, he claimed that he had spent Lakhs of rupees on the nominations for elections.

• K Padmarajan works as a Sub-Editor at the Rajakamalam Newspaper.

• K Padmarajan is a homoeopathy medicine practitioner and provides free homoeopathy medicines in his hometown.

• In 2015, K Padmarajan contested the Rajya Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu.

• He has contested in various elections from presidential and vice presidential elections to local polls.

• By 2015, he had lost 8 presidential and vice-presidential elections and 36 Rajya Sabha elections.

• By 2019, he had lost 199 elections setting a world record, and The Limca Book of Records named him as ‘India’s Most Unsuccessful Candidate.’ ^[6]The Times of India
  

  A picture of K Padmarajan’s Limca Book of Records certificate

• In September 2021, he set a record in the Delhi Book of Records for the Maximum Number of Unsuccessful Attempts in elections after losing 218 elections.
  

  A picture of K Padmarajan’s Delhi Book of Records certificate

   

• In an interview, he claimed that he did not contest the elections to win but only to set a world record. He said,
  

  I know I don’t stand a chance against the bigwigs therefore I don’t even campaign. But my goal is to enter the Guinness Book of Records as most the candidate who has contested and lost number of times.”

• In 2024, he contested for the 239th time in elections from Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu for the Lok Sabha Elections.