R. Sakkarapani

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 1996,^[1] 2001,^[2] 2006,^[3] 2011,^[4] 2016 and 2021 elections.

He was the Chief Government Whip of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011 and as a DMK Whip from the 2011 to 2016 Legislative assembly and also from the 2016 to 2021 assembly. He was appointed the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies of Tamil Nadu for the first time in Thiru M. K. Stalin's cabinet. He is one among the only 3 members who were consecutively elected to TamilNadu assembly from 1996 onwards for the sixth time consecutively, which record he holds along with his party counterparts M. K. Stalin and Duraimurugan.^[5]

Birth

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

Elections contested

Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Oddanchatram	DMK	Won	58.57	K Sellamuthu	AIADMK	26.08^[6]
2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Oddanchatram	DMK	Won	46.4	A T Sellasamy	AIADMK	45.2^[7]
2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Oddanchatram	DMK	Won	53.66	K P Nallasamy	AIADMK	36.93^[8]
2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Oddanchatram	DMK	Won	51.99	P Baalasubramani	AIADMK	43.14^[9]
2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Oddanchatram	DMK	Won	64.26	K Kittusamy	AIADMK	29.56^[10]^[11]
2021 Tamil Nadu state assembly election	Oddanchatram	DMK	Won	54.51	Nataraj N P	AIADMK	40.26^[citation needed]

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

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
2. 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
3. 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
4. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu.
5. "DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin's cabinet colleagues revealed". Julie Mariappan. The Times of India. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
6. "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1996" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1996. p. 261. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
7. "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2001" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2001. p. 257. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
8. "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2006". Election Commission of India. 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
9. "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2001" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2011. p. 36. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
10. "The verdict 2016". The Hindu. Chennai. 19 May 2016. p. 6.
11. "Green cover". The Times of India. Chennai. 19 May 2016. p. 2.