P. Dhanapal

P. Dhanapal
Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 October 2012
Preceded by D. Jayakumar
Constituency Avanashi (from May 2016)
Rasipuram (2011-2016)
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for Avanashi
Assumed office
May 2016
Preceded by A. A. Karuppasamy
Constituency Avanashi
Personal details
Born 16 May 1951
Karuppur, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
Political party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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

P. Dhanapal was born on 16 May 1951 in Karupur in Arunthathiyar Community. 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]

References

  1. "Thiru. P. Dhanapal (AIADMK)". Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  2. 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  3. 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  5. 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  6. "Rasipuram (Tamil Nadu) Election Results". infobase. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  7. "Avanashi (Tamil Nadu) Election Results 2016". infobase. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
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