J. C. D. Prabhakar

John Christian Devavaram Prabhakar is an Indian politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu representing the Thousand Lights Assembly constituency, as a member of the TVK. He is the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

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J. C. D. Prabhakar

He previously was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai District as a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a party he represented till 2026.

In September 2016, Prabhakar was put forward as an AIADMK candidate for the Chennai Corporation elections.

On 3 January 2026 he joined the TVK Party. He is also the candidate in Thousand Lights Chennai in the 2026 Assembly elections.

Elections contested

Tamilnadu State Legislative Assembly elections contested

<table><thead><tr><th>Elections</th><th>Constituency</th><th>Party</th><th>Result</th><th>Vote percentage</th><th>Opposition candidate</th><th>Opposition party</th><th>Opposition vote percentage</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1980</td><td>Villivakkam</td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Won</td><td>47.84</td><td>K. Suppu</td><td>DMK</td><td>47.25</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Villivakkam</td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Lost</td><td>47.59</td><td>V. P. Chintan</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>48.21</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Villivakkam</td><td>AIADMK(Ja)</td><td>Lost</td><td>14.24</td><td>W. R. Varadarajan</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>46.77</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Villivakkam</td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Won</td><td>52.44</td><td>K. Anbazhagan</td><td>DMK</td><td>44.20</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Kolathur</td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Lost</td><td>31.83</td><td>M. K. Stalin</td><td>DMK</td><td>54.25</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Villivakkam</td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Lost</td><td>27.26</td><td>A. Vetriazhagan</td><td>DMK</td><td>53.37</td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>Thousand Lights</td><td>TVK</td><td>Won</td><td>44.73</td><td>Ezhilan Naganathan</td><td>DMK</td><td>33.24</td></tr></tbody></table>