K. P. Anbalagan

K. P. Anbalagan: the career, year by year

• Assembly win
• Office held

1. 1996

   Elected to the Dharmapuri District Panchayat, where he served until 2001.

2. 1998

   Became the AIADMK's union secretary for Karimangalam.

3. 2000

   Became the AIADMK's Dharmapuri South district secretary.

4. May 2001

   Won Palacodu for the AIADMK, by 40,232 votes over the DMK.

5. 2001–2006

   Served as a minister in the AIADMK government of 2001–2006.

6. May 2006

   Held Palacodu for the AIADMK, by 4,844 votes over the PMK.

7. 13 May 2011

   Won Palacodu for the AIADMK, by 43,213 votes over the PMK.

8. 20 Mar 2016

   Appointed the AIADMK's Dharmapuri district secretary by J. Jayalalithaa.

9. 19 May 2016

   Won Palacodu for the AIADMK, by 5,983 votes over the DMK.

10. May 2016

    Kept his place in Jayalalithaa's 2016 cabinet, as Minister for Higher Education.

11. Feb 2017

    Kept Higher Education in Edappadi K. Palaniswami's cabinet.

12. 2 May 2021

    Won Palacodu for the AIADMK, by 28,100 votes over the DMK.

13. 4 May 2026

    Won Palacodu for the AIADMK (polling was on 23 April).

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