C. T. Dhandapani

C. T. Dhandapani
C. T. Dhandapani
Member of Parliament
	In office; 1967–1977
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Dharapuram
	In office; 1980–1984
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	K. A. Raju
Succeeded by	R. Anna Nambi
Constituency	Pollachi
Member of Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1996–2001
Chief Minister	M. Karunanidhi
Preceded by	K. Selvaraj
Succeeded by	S. Maheswari
Constituency	Coimbatore West
Personal details
Born	March 19, 1933; Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Died	October 28, 2001 (aged 68); Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

C. T. Dhandapani (March 19, 1933 – October 28, 2001) was an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Dharapuram Lok Sabha constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1967, 1971 and 1980 elections.^[3]^[4]

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Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
1967 Indian general election	Dharapuram	DMK	Won	60.6	S.R. Arumugham	INC	34.8
1971 Indian general election	Dharapuram	DMK	Won	64.38	K Paramalai	INC(O)	35.62
1977 Indian general election	Pollachi	DMK	Lost	33.61	K.A.Raju	AIADMK	64.48
1980 Indian general election	Pollachi	DMK	Won	51.41	M. A. M. Natarajan	AIADMK	47.94
1984 Indian general election	Nilgiris	DMK	Lost	47.94	R. Prabhu	INC	60.31
1991 Indian general election	Pollachi	DMK	Lost	37.03	B. Raja Ravi Varma	AIADMK	65.65

Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Avanashi	DMK	Lost	30.53	Annanambi. R.	AIADMK(J)	32.60
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Coimbatore West	DMK	Won	62.47	Raja Thangavel	INC	16.15
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Coimbatore West	DMK	Lost	38.58	Maheswari S	INC	51.44

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