S Keerthana has scripted history as the youngest MLA for actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and notably emerging as the first female representative from the Sivakasi constituency to break a 70-year streak as first woman to represent Sivakasi.
Keerthana is not just an MLA but is also identified as the youngest minister in the newly formed TVK government.
At just 29 years old, S Keerthana has emerged as the youngest MLA from Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). She won the Sivakasi Assembly seat in Virudhunagar district and has quickly become one of the party’s
She has always imagined herself to be in politics, which is the reason she chose a career as a political strategist,” Keerthana had revealed to the media prior to taking the oath as a minister on Sunday, 10 May 2026.
She was associated worked with different leaders and understood how the system works and how the bureaucracy functions.
Born in 1996 in Virudhunagar, Keerthana studied in a Tamil-medium government school before building a career in political consulting. She completed her BSc in Mathematics from a college affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University and later pursued an MSc in Statistics from Puducherry University in 2019.
Before embracing politics, Keerthana worked as a political consultant and digital campaign strategist with Showtime Consulting and IPAC. She was also involved in election campaigns for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
Over the years, she worked with former CMs Stalin, Mamata Banerjee and incumbent AP CM Chandrababu Naidu. Speaking about her experience,
As per Keerthana her work as a political strategist gave her a deeper understanding of governance, administration and the functioning of bureaucracy.
One of the things that sets her apart is her ability to speak five languages fluently, including Tamil, English, Hindi and Telugu. For Keerthana, learning multiple languages helped her work across different states and connect with people more directly.
“Language gave her so many opportunities to work in different states,” adding that she chose to speak Hindi so more people across India could understand and connect with Vijay’s message.
In the Sivakasi Assembly election 2026, Keerthana secured 68,709 votes and defeated Congress candidate Ashokan G by a margin of 11,670 votes. She is the first female MLA from Sivakasi in seven decades who has defeated a former AIADMK minister.
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