India, May 4 -- V. Muthuraja is a prominent political figure from Tamil Nadu and the sitting MLA from the Pudukkottai Assembly constituency. Representing the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, he won the seat in the 2021 Assembly elections with 85,802 votes (47.7%), defeating V. R. Karthik Thondaiman by a margin of 13,001 votes.

In the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Muthuraja is once again contesting from Pudukkottai as a DMK candidate, aiming to retain his seat. He is currently locked in a triangular contest against N. Ramachandran of the Bharatiya Janata Party and K. M. Shareef of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, making the constituency one to watch.

At 49 years old, V. Muthuraja has a professional background in medicine, having completed h...