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Under the guidance of her mentor PuratchiThalaivar Dr.M.G.R., she entered Politics and became a Member inA.I.A.D.M.K., in 1982; In January 1983 she was appointed as thePropaganda Secretary of A.I.A.D.M.K; In February 1983, she waschosen by Dr. M.G.R. to conduct her maiden election campaign forthe A.I.A.D.M.K., candidate in the bye-election to the TiruchendurAssembly Constitutency. Her election campaign was a trial blazersecuring an astounding victory for the Party candidates agaisnstall odds; In 1984 she was elected as a Member of Parliament to theRajya Sabha and retained the seat until she was elected to theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1989; When Dr.M.G.R., fell illand was under medical treatment in the U.S.A., the A.I.A.D.M.K.,had to fight the General Elections to the Lok Sabha and to theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in December 1984. In the absence ofDr.M.G.R., she took his place and spear-headed the alliance of theA.I.A.D.M.K., and the Congress (I) securing a massive victory forthe alliance; After the demise of Dr. M.G.R. in 1987, theA.I.A.D.M.K. Party split vertically into two. As the GeneralSecretary of the Party she contested the Tamil Nadu LegislativeAssembly in January 1989 and was elected from Bodinayakkanur; Shebecame the first Woman Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil NaduLegislative Assembly; In February 1989, the two factions of theA.I.A.D.M.K., reunited under her singular Leadership and she wasunanimously elected to the post of the General Secretary of theunified A.I.A.D.M.K., In 1989 she restored the ‘Two Leaves’election symbol to the A.I.A.D.M.K., Party. In the 1989 GeneralElections to the Lok Sabha, she steered the A.I.A.D.M.K. – Congress(I) alliance to a historic victory in the State of Tamil Nadu andthe Pondicherry Unioin Territory; Thereafter she secured victoriesfor the A.I.A.D.M.K., in all the subsequent by-elections to theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Marungapuri, Madurai East andPeranamallur Assembly Constituencies; Won a magnificent Victory bycontesting in both Bargur and Kangeyam Constituencies during theGeneral Elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly held in1991; Moreover, she single-handedly ensured a massive Victory forher party and the alliance by winning 225 Constituencies out of234. Subsequently, she resigned the Kangeyam Assembly seat she hadwon, and made her Party candidate contest in that Constituency andmade him secure an astounding Victory; Further, she wasinstrumental for the historic 100 percent Victory of the AIADMK andits alliance in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry held simultaneously in1991 General Elections to 40 Lok Sabha Constituencies, in which thealliance led by her swept to a historic Victory by winning all the40 Lok Sabha Seats (39 in Tamil Nadu and one in Pondicherry). Shewas elected from Andipatti Assembly Constituency in February 2002and May 2006; Elected from Srirangam Assembly Constituency in May2011; Chief Minister from 24.06.1991 to 12.05.1996, from 14.05.2001to 21.09.2001, from 02.03.2002 to May 2006 and from 16.05.2011 tillnow