L. Santhanam is an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Tamil Nadu.
[2] He stood again for the Sholavandan seat in the 2006, this time as a candidate for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and lost to P. Moorthy of the DMK.
[3][4] AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa allocated the Usilampatti constituency candidacy to Santhanam in the 2001 elections as part of an electoral pact with the AIFB.
[5] His 2006 candidacy for the AIADMK was a consequence of a dispute within the AIFB, a party with which he had been at odds since at least 2004 despite being its general secretary.
[7] Despite his attempts in the courts to prevent it,[8] Santhanam was expelled from the AIFB by its new president, the actor-politician Karthik, and reached an individual agreement with the AIADMK to contest a seat in the election.