R. Chokkar

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R. Chokkar is an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate from Virudhunagar constituency in the 1989 election[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] and as a Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (TMC) candidate from Sivakasi constituency in 1996.{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=9 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}

Chokkar resigned from his seat in the Assembly on 1 June 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/11th_1996/Review-1996.pdf |page=20 |title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (Eleventh Assembly): Review 1996-2001 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-07}} His son, Sreeraja Chokkar, was nominated as the INC candidate to contest the Sivakasi seat in the 2016 state assembly elections.{{cite news |title=Kushboo not in fray |work=The Hindu |date=23 April 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/kushboo-not-in-fray/article8511529.ece |accessdate=2017-05-09}}