R. Sakkarapani is an Indian Tamil politician, Minister of Tamil Nadu, and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu who has been elected from Oddanchatram constituency for five consecutive periods and now as the sixth term. A member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party, he won in

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, 2011, 2016 and 2021 elections. He was the

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Birth

Sakkarapani was born in a village Kaaliyappagoundanpatti (Pungavalasu) near Kallimandayam.

Elections contested

Elections

Sakkarapani contested his first election in 1996 from the Oddanchatram constituency. He defeated K. Sellamuthu of ADMK by 36823. He contested his second election from the same constituency in 2001, irrespective of ADMK sweeping the state, Sakkarapani won the Constituency by 1369 votes. In 2006 again contested from the same Oddanchatram constituency and he won by a margin of 19903. He was selected as Tamil Nadu govt. whip and also for the ruling party DMK. In 2011, Sakkarapani won against huge anti-incumbency by 14933. In the 2016 election, Sakkarapani defeated the ADMK candidate Kittusamy by a margin of 65727. His winning margin is second highest in the state behind DMK supremo Karunanidhi.

References

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Living people Tamil Nadu MLAs 1996–2001 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 Year of birth missing (living people) Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026 {{DMK-politician-stub