C. Shanmugam

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C. Shanmugam is an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate from Alandur constituency in the 1989 and 1996 elections.[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India][http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf 1996 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |date=October 7, 2010 }}

Shanmugam - together with his wife and son - was among several DMK legislators charged by Tamil Nadu Police in June 2005 of having assets disproportionate to their known income.{{cite news |date=16 June 2005 |title=Kannappan charge sheeted |first=K. T. |last=Sangameswaran |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/06/16/stories/2005061604420600.htm |work=The Hindu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}