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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Expand language|langcode=ml|date=June 2019}}{{Expand language|langcode=ta|date=June 2019}}{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = P. Dhanapal<br />
| image = <br />
| office = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 10 October 2012<br />
| term_end = 6 May 2021<br />
| predecessor = [[D. Jayakumar]]<br />
| successor = [[M. Appavu]]<br />
| constituency = [[Avanashi (state assembly constituency)|Avanashi]] (from May 2016) <br /> [[Rasipuram (state assembly constituency)|Rasipuram]] (2011–2016)<br />
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] <br />
| term1 = 2016<br />
| <br />
| constituency1 = [[Avanashi (state assembly constituency)|Avanashi]]<br />
| term2 = 2011–2016<br />
| constituency2 = [[Rasipuram (state assembly constituency)|Rasipuram]]<br />
| term3 = 1977–2006<br />
| | constituency3 =[[Sankari (state assembly constituency)|Sankagiri]]<br />
| birth_date = 16 May 1951<br />
| birth_place = Karuppur, [[Salem district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''P. Dhanapal''' (born 16 May 1951) is an Indian politician and incumbent [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is a former [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]].<br />
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/092.htm |title=Thiru. P. Dhanapal (AIADMK) |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref><br />
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Dhanapal was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate from [[Sankari (state assembly constituency)|Sankagiri constituency]] in the [[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977]], [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980]] and [[1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1984]] and [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001 elections]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> In the 2011 and [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]] Tamil Nadu assembly elections he won from [[Rasipuram (state assembly constituency)|Rasipuram]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rasipuram (Tamil Nadu) Election Results |publisher=infobase |url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/rasipuram.html |access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref> and [[Avanashi (state assembly constituency)|Avanashi]] constituencies, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Avanashi (Tamil Nadu) Election Results 2016 |publisher=infobase |url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/avanashi.html |access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Government of Tamil Nadu|state=collapsed}}<br />
{{Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (2011–2016)|state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Deputy Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021]]<br />
[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
[[Category:People from Salem district]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1985–1989]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026]]<br />
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