P. Dhanapal

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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.^[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]