Pongalur N. Palanisamy  | |
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|  Minister for Rural Industry,   Minister for sports, Minister for animal husbandry, Minister for tourism Contents
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| In office 1996–2001  | |
| Minister for Animal Husbandry,Government of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 2006–2011  | |
| Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly for Coimbatore North constituency | |
| In office 2006–2011  | |
Pongalur N. Palanisamy is a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is former minister for rural industries and animal husbandry in the Government of Tamil Nadu and a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. He was born in Erode district on 3 August 1948. [1]
| Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote percentage | Reference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Pongalur | DMK | Won | 59.98 | A. Senapathi | Independent | 30.24 | [2] | 
| 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Pongalur | DMK | Lost | 20.74 | K. Nachimuthu | AIADMK | 32.56 | [3] | 
| 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Singanallur | DMK | Won | 60.15 | Duraisamy R | AIADMK | 22.12 | [4] | 
| 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Singanallur | DMK | Lost | 37.59 | Karunakaran K C | CPI(M) | 49.57 | [5] | 
| 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Coimbatore East | DMK | Won | 47.50 | Gopalakrishnan. V. | AIADMK | 41.70 | [6] | 
| 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Coimbatore South | DMK | Lost | 36.88 | R. Doraisamy | AIADMK | 56.27 | |
| 2019 Bypoll | Sulur | DMK | Lost | 40.29 | V. P. Kandasamy | AIADMK | 44.78 | 
| Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Indian general election | Pollachi | DMK | Lost | 25.19 | C. Mahendran | Independent | 41.72 | 
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