K. Ramachandran

{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1951)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = K. Ramachandran

| relations =

| office = Minister for Tourism
Government of Tamil Nadu

| minister =

| term_start = 14 December 2022

| office1 = Minister for Forests
Government of Tamil Nadu

| constituency1 =

| term1 =

| predecessor1 = Dindigul C. Sreenivasan

| successor = R.Rajendran

| party = 20px Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

| term_end = 29 September 2024

| predecessor = M. Mathiventhan

| office2 = Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| termstart2 = 2021

| termend2 =

| constituency4 = Gudalur

| term4 = 2006-2011

| term3 = 2011-2016

| constituency3 = Coonoor

| constituency2 = Coonoor

| successor1 = M. Mathiventhan

| termstart1 = 7 May 2021

| termend1 = 14 December 2022

}}

K. Ramachandran (born 9 August 1951) is an Indian politician and the Minister for Forests in Tamil Nadu. He was born in Coonoor.

He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) candidate from Gudalur constituency in 2006[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] and from Coonoor constituency in 2011 and 2021.{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011 |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf |publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320103427/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf |archivedate=20 March 2012 }}

He also served as the Minister for Khadi of Tamil Nadu from 2006-2011 in the Cabinet of Dr.M. Karunanidhi.

The Coonoor seat had long been held by the DMK but supporters of Ramachandran were incensed that he was deselected for the 2016 elections and threatened to rebel. The new candidate was B. M. Mubarak, who had also been given the post of district secretary of the party in Nilgiris after Ramachandran had been removed from it in 2014.{{cite news |title=DMK protest over nominee: Chappals hurled at A Raja |first=B. |last=Ravichandran |date=23 April 2016 |work=The Asian Age |url=http://www.asianage.com/india/dmk-protest-over-nominee-chappals-hurled-raja-507 |accessdate=2017-05-06}} The DMK lost the seat.{{cite news |work=The Times of India |date=20 May 2016 |title=AIADMK wins back Coonoor seat after a gap of 25 years |accessdate=2017-05-06 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/AIADMK-wins-back-Coonoor-seat-after-a-gap-of-25-years/articleshow/52351973.cms}}