P. Dhanapal

P. Dhanapal
P. Dhanapal
13th Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	In office; 10 October 2012 – 6 May 2021
Deputy	Pollachi V. Jayaraman
Preceded by	D. Jayakumar
Succeeded by	M. Appavu
Constituency	Avanashi (2016-2021) ; Rasipuram (2011–2016)
Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	In office; 27 May 2011 – 9 October 2012
Preceded by	V. P. Duraisamy
Succeeded by	Pollachi V. Jayaraman
Constituency	Rasipuram
Minister for Food and Co-operation
	In office; 22 May 2001 – 9 November 2002
Chief Minister	J.Jayalalithaa; O. Panneerselvam
Preceded by	Natham R. Viswanathan
Succeeded by	P. Mohan
Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare
	In office; 14 May 2001 – 22 May 2001
Chief Minister	J.Jayalalithaa
Preceded by	S. Selvaraj
Succeeded by	V. Subramanian
Member of the Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2016
Constituency	Avanashi
	In office; 2011–2016
Constituency	Rasipuram
	In office; 2001–2006
Constituency	Sankagiri
	In office; 1977–1988
Constituency	Sankagiri
Personal details
Born	16 May 1951 (age 74); Karuppur, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
Political party	AIADMK

P. Dhanapal (born 16 May 1951) is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He is a former Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

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P. Dhanapal was born on 16 May 1951 in Karupur. He obtained a master's degree and is married with two children.^[1]

Dhanapal was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Sankagiri constituency in the 1977, 1980 and 1984 and 2001 elections.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] In the 2011 and 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly elections he won from Rasipuram^[6] and Avanashi constituencies, respectively.^[7]

Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition candidate	Opposition party	Opposition vote percentage
1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Sangagiri	AIADMK	Won	53.27	M. Paramanandam	DMK	19.10
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Sangagiri	AIADMK	Won	56.61	R. Varadarajan	DMK	41.04
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Sangagiri	AIADMK	Won	56.99	S. Murugesan	DMK	40.98
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Sangagiri	AIADMK(J)	Lost	34.15	R. Varadarajan	DMK	41.72
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Sangagiri	AIADMK	Won	56.41	T. R. Saravanan	DMK	38.00
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Rasipuram	AIADMK	Won	55.60	V. P. Duraisamy	DMK	40.36
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Avanashi	AIADMK	Won	48.11	Anandhan E	DMK	32.31
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Avanashi	AIADMK	Won	55.78	Athiyamaan Raju	DMK	31.57

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