P. Dhanapal

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

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.

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

Dhanapal was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Sankagiri constituency in the (/wiki/1977TamilNadustateassemblyelection), (/wiki/1980TamilNadustateassemblyelection) and (/wiki/1984TamilNadustateassemblyelection) and 2001 elections. In the 2011 and (/wiki/2016TamilNaduLegislativeAssemblyelection) Tamil Nadu assembly elections he won from Rasipuram and Avanashi constituencies, respectively.

In popular culture

P. Dhanapal

• Maamannan (2023) by Mari Selvaraj is partly based on his real life story. Actor Vadivelu played Maamannan (Dhanapal).

Electoral career

Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly elections contested

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