K. P. Anbalagan

K. P. Anbalagan
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Anbalagan in 2005
Minister for Higher Education, Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
23 May 2016 – 6 May 2021
Preceded byP. Palaniappan
Succeeded byK. Ponmudy
Personal details
Born (1958-04-30) 30 April 1958 (age 64)
Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India

K. P. Anbalagan also spelt as K. P. Anbazhagan (born 30 April 1958) is a Tamil Nadu politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and the former Minister for Higher Education and Agriculture department in Tamil Nadu. KP Anbalagan was born on 30 April 1958 in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India. He won consecutively for 5 terms (2001-Till date) as a Member of Legislative Assembly of Palacode Constituency which record he holds with his party counterparts O.Panneerselvam and Pollachi V.Jayaraman.

Career

He pursued his career into mainstream politics in 1996 and joined the AIADMK party in the same year. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Palacode constituency in 2001 and 2016. He was appointed the secretary of the Dharmapuri District in 2016 by the then Chief Minister of the state J. Jayalalitha. He was earlier serving as the Minister for Higher Education in the Government of Tamil Nadu and he was previously appointed as he was previously the Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development & Information Minister of the state in 2009–2011.

On 19 June 2020, while being the Education Minister he himself reportedly confirmed that he was tested positive for COVID-19 becoming the second major MLA from Tamil Nadu to be diagnosed with the virus after J. Anbazhagan..However the chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami denied the reports regarding Anbalagan diagnosed with coronavirus.

Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palacode
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. P. Anbalagan 110,070 53.63% +13.29
DMK P. K. Murugan 81,970 39.94% +2.77
NTK G. Kalaiselvi 7,704 3.75% +3.49
DMDK P. Vijayasankar 2,409 1.17% -1.43
NOTA NOTA 1,351 0.66% -0.34
MNM D. Rajasekar 1,176 0.57% New
Margin of victory 28,100 13.69% 10.52%
Turnout 205,244 86.46% -2.11%
Rejected ballots 342 0.17%
Registered electors 237,391
AIADMK hold Swing 13.29%


2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palacode
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. P. Anbalagan 76,143 40.34% -20.38
DMK P. K. Murugan 70,160 37.17% New
PMK K. Mannan 31,612 16.75% -16.32
DMDK K. G. Kaverivarman 4,915 2.60% New
NOTA NOTA 1,880 1.00% New
Margin of victory 5,983 3.17% -24.49%
Turnout 188,767 88.57% 1.85%
Registered electors 213,136
AIADMK hold Swing -20.38%




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