M. Ramachandran is an Indian politician belong to Pinnaiyur West near Orathanadu who was served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Orathanadu constituency in the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
[1] In winning the seat, he defeated the incumbent MLA and Minister for Housing and Agriculture, R. Vaithilingam, in what was described as a giant-killing outcome.
[4] Rajkumar, a brother of S. S. Palanimanickam, had decided that Thanjavur was the only constituency for which he was prepared to stand.
In 2006, the DMK were involved in an electoral pact which meant that he was not allowed to stand as a candidate.
The party's decision to stand aside in favour of a candidate from the Pattali Makkal Katchi was met with protests from local supporters of Ramachandran.