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| office4 = [[Member of Parliament]] Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)<br />
| termstart4 = 25 June 2009<br />
| termend4 = 25 June 2014<br />
| office = [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|Member]] of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]]<br />
| termstart = 2016<br />
| termend = <br />
| constituency = [[Mettur (state assembly constituency)]]<br />
| term_start3 = 2001<br />
| term_end3 = 2006<br />
| constituency3 = Omalur<br />
| termstart2 = 1980<br />
| termend2 = 1989<br />
| constituency2 = Taramangalam <br />
| office5 = Minister of Health and Education ( Government of Tamilnadu)<br />
| term_start5 = 2001<br />
| term_end5 = 2004<br />
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'''S. Semmalai''' is an Indian politician active in [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is the incumbent [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|member of the state legislative assembly (MLA)]] from [[Mettur (state assembly constituency)|Mettur constituency]]. He has been elected four times to the Tamil Nadu state assembly and once to the national parliament of India (2009–14).<br />
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==Career==<br />
Semmalai has won four elections in his career spanning from 1980 to the present. <br />
*In 1980, he won his first ever election. Semmalai was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Taramangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Taramangalam constituency]] as an Independent candidate in the [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980 election]]. He won as an independent candidate, that is, not belonging to any political party, and this is a rare achievement. <br />
*He later joined the [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] and was elected to the state assembly on a ticket of that party from the same [[Taramangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Taramangalam constituency]] in the [[1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1984 election]].<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><br />
*His career from 1989 to 2001 is not properly known.<br />
*In 2001, he was elected from [[Omalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Omalur constituency]] as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in the [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]].<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><br />
*In 2009, he was elected a member of parliament (the [[15th Lok Sabha]], 2009–14) from the [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem Constituency]] on an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] ticket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/11_ListOfSuccessfulCandidate.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=17 September 2011}}</ref><br />
*In 2016, he was elected from [[Mettur (State Assembly Constituency)|Mettur constituency]] as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in the [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2016/Stat_Rep_TN_2016.pdf 2016 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><br />
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[[Category:Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Salem district]]<br />
[[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
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