K. Thinakaran

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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K. Thinakaran is an Indian politician and former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Sulur constituency. He represents the Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam party.{{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=2012-03-20 }}

On 28 September 2015, he and 50 DMDK supporters were arrested as they tried to stage a protest in front of the District Collectorate office to protest against the office allegedly not accepting a memorandum on the neglect of his constituency.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.com/news/india/dmdk-mla-supporters-taken-into-custody/93315.html|title = DMDK MLA, supporters taken into custody|date = 28 September 2015}}