M. Kannappan

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M. Kannappan
Minister of State, (Independent Charge) Non-Conventional Energy Sources
In office 13 October 1999 — 30 December 2003
	MDMK	M. Kannappan	123,490	41.60	+32.59
	INC	S. R. Balasubramoniyan	113,596	38.27	New
	DMDK	E. Dennis Kovil Pillai	37,901	12.77	New
	BJP	M. Chinnaraj	13,545	4.56	New
	Independent	K. Varadharajan	2,035	0.69	New
Margin of victory			9,894	3.33	−11.55
Turnout			296,863	70.65	16.93
Registered electors			420,186
	MDMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-8.97

1999 Indian general election  : Tiruchengode

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	M. Kannappan	409,293	49.08%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	4,04,737	48.53%	−6.17%
	PT	T. M. Kanagasabapathi	11,535	1.38%
Margin of victory			4,556	0.55%	−13.27%
Turnout			8,34,015	55.41%	−9.44%
Registered electors			15,27,064		4.57%
	MDMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.57%

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Palanisamy N	92379	60.15	60.15
	AIADMK	Duraisamy R	33967	22.12	33.34
	MDMK	M. Kannappan	19951	12.99	New
	BJP	Kalyanasundaram R	3741	2.44	2.25
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	Palanisamy	363	0.24	0.24
Margin of victory			58412	38.03
Turnout			153574	63.2
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Duraimurugan	69,803	61.03%	+33.61
	DMK	M. Kannappan	37,079	32.42%	−6.7
	BJP	A. Bala Dhandapani	4,797	4.19%	New
	PMK	C. Murugan	684	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			32,724	28.61%	16.91%
Turnout			114,376	65.09%	−9.02%
Registered electors			183,291
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	21.91%

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	45,395	39.12%	New
	AIADMK	K. Sivaraj	31,819	27.42%	−26.55
	INC	Sivaji Kandessamy	24,980	21.53%	New
	AIADMK	K. C. Palanisamy	10,986	9.47%	−44.5
	Independent	C. Subramanian	779	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			13,576	11.70%	0.53%
Turnout			116,038	74.11%	1.80%
Registered electors			159,768
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.85%

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kinathukadavu ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. V. Kandaswamy	50,375	56.69%	3.10%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	38,492	43.31%
Margin of victory			11,883	13.37%	6.20%
Turnout			88,867	77.00%	7.75%
Registered electors			120,894
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.10%

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. V. Rathinam	52,833	56.61%	+11.5
	DMK	M. Kannappan	39,797	42.64%	+19.43
	Independent	P. Kannaiyan	704	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			13,036	13.97%	−7.93%
Turnout			93,334	70.36%	8.57%
Registered electors			134,946
	AIADMK hold		Swing	11.50%

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kinathukadavu ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. V. Kandaswamy	25,909	36.32%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	20,589	28.86%	−39.56%
	INC	S. T. Duraisamy	18,085	25.35%
	JP	K. Subbe Gounder	6,761	9.48%
Margin of victory			5,320	7.46%	−29.39%
Turnout			71,344	66.77%	−10.79%
Registered electors			109,290
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-32.11%

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kinathukadavu ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	47,776	68.42%	3.79%
	Independent	S. T. Duraisamy	22,049	31.58%
Margin of victory			25,727	36.84%	5.12%
Turnout			69,825	77.56%	1.05%
Registered electors			93,925
	DMK hold		Swing	3.79%

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kinathukadavu ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	40,645	64.63%
	INC	S. Gounder	20,691	32.90%
	Independent	A. C. Mylswamy	1,249	1.99%
	Independent	Ramalingam	302	0.48%
Margin of victory			19,954	31.73%
Turnout			62,887	76.51%
Registered electors			85,384
	DMK win (new seat)

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