B. Senguttuvan

{{Short description|Indian politician (1956–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = B. Senguttuvan

| image = B Senguttuvan.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1956|5|21|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|19|1956|5|21|df=y}}

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 2014

| term_end = 2019

| predecessor = Abdul Rahman (Vellore politician)

| successor = Kathir Anand

| constituency = Vellore

| party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

}}

B. Senguttuvan (21 May 1956 – 19 August 2021) was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Vellore constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) candidate in 2014 election,{{cite web |title=GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014 |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS228.htm?ac=8 |publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |accessdate=22 May 2014 |archive-date=22 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522195935/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS228.htm?ac=8 |url-status=dead }} defeating A. C. Shanmugam by a margin of 59,393 votes, to become the second ADMK candidate to win from the Vellore constituency after a gap of 30 years.{{cite web|title=After 30 years, AIADMK wrests Vellore |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/after-30-years-aiadmk-wrests-vellore/article6018878.ece |accessdate=29 May 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 May 2014}} He was an advocate, who enrolled himself as a lawyer in 1983.{{cite web|title=AIADMK announces two advocates as candidates for Vellore, Arakkonam |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/aiadmk-announces-two-advocates-as-candidates-for-vellore-arakkonam/article5725415.ece |accessdate=29 May 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 February 2014}} He served as Vellore district's Government Pleader from 2001 to 2006 and as the Public Prosecutor from 2011 to 2014, until he resigned the post to contest the 2014 general election. Both these periods were those of ADMK's regime in Tamil Nadu.

He has been a member of the ADMK from his student days at the Madras Law College in 1980, and as of 2014 he was the joint secretary of the AIADMK advocates’ wing in the district.{{cite news|title=Jayalalithaa Picks Educated Quartet for 4 Seats in Tiruvannamalai, Vellore|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Jayalalithaa-Picks-Educated-Quartet-for-4-Seats-in-Tiruvannamalai-Vellore/2014/02/25/article2076534.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425062243/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Jayalalithaa-Picks-Educated-Quartet-for-4-Seats-in-Tiruvannamalai-Vellore/2014/02/25/article2076534.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2014|accessdate=22 May 2014|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=25 February 2014}} He has authored books on the Code of Civil Procedure, Dishonouring of Cheques, Industrial Disputes Act{{cite news|title=Plan for law college in Vellore|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/plan-for-law-college-in-vellore/article1907930.ece|accessdate=29 May 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 September 2007}} and Sexual Offences Against Women and Children.{{cite news|title=Speed up probe into sexual offence cases, says HC judge|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Speed-up-probe-into-sexual-offence-cases-says-HC-judge/articleshow/5207902.cms|accessdate=29 May 2014|newspaper=The Times Of India|date=8 November 2009}} He was born in Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar family.{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2014/may/18/aiadmk-got-max-from-gudiyattam-segment-614149.html |title=AIADMK Got Max From Gudiyattam Segment | publisher=The New Indian Express |date=2014 |language=en}}

Senguttuvan died in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/ex-mp-senguttuvan-dies-aged-65-in-vellore/articleshow/85477258.cms|title = Ex-MP Senguttuvan dies aged 65 in Vellore | Chennai News - Times of India|website = The Times of India}}