S. Muthusamy

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = S. Muthusamy

| image =

| office = Minister for Prohibition & Excise (Tamil Nadu)

| term_start = 16 June 2023

| term_end = 28 September 2024

| predecessor = V. Senthil Balaji

| successor = V. Senthil Balaji

| office1 = Minister for Housing and Urban Development (Tamil Nadu)

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = M. K. Stalin

| predecessor1 = O. Panneerselvam

| termstart1 = 7 May 2021

| termend1 =

| 2namedata = M. K. Stalin

| 2blankname = Chief Minister

| office2 = Minister for Health (Tamil Nadu)

| term_start2 = 24 June 1991

| term_end2 = 12 May 1996

| 2blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 2namedata2 = J. Jayalalithaa

| predecessor2 = K. Ponmudy

| successor2 = Arcot N. Veerasamy

| office3 = Minister for Transport (Tamil Nadu)

| term_start3 = 9 June 1980

| term_end3 = 24 December 1987

| 3blankname3 = Chief Minister

| 3namedata3 = M. G. Ramachandran

| predecessor3 = C. Ponnaiyan

| successor3 = Himself

| term_start4 = 24 December 1987

| term_end4 = 7 January 1988

| 4blankname4 = Chief Minister

| 4namedata4 = V. R. Nedunchezhiyan

| predecessor4 = Himself

| successor4 = Himself

| term_start5 = 7 January 1988

| term_end5 = 30 January 1988

| 5blankname5 = Chief Minister

| 5namedata5 = V. N. Janaki

| predecessor5 = Himself

| successor5 = M. Kannappan

| office6 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

| term_start6 = May 2021

| term_end6 =

| constituency6 = Erode West constituency

| term_start7 = June 1991

| term_end7 = May 1996

| constituency7 = Bhavani constituency

| term_start8 = June 1977

| term_end8 = January 1988

| constituency8 = Erode constituency

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|10|16}}

|birth_place = Nedungulam, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

}}

S. Muthusamy is an Indian politician Minister for Prohibition & Excise (Tamil Nadu) and Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Erode constituency in 1977, 1980 and 1984 elections[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India][http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India][http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] and from Bhavani constituency in 1991 election.[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] He served as Transport Minister in MGR cabinet and as health minister in Jayalalitha cabinet formed after 1991 election.

Muthusamy joined the DMK in 2010 and he was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Erode West Constituency in 2021.[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2021/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu21.pdf 2021 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]