S. Semmalai is an Indian politician active in

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. He is the incumbent member of the state legislative assembly (MLA) from Mettur constituency. He has been elected four times to the Tamil Nadu state assembly and once to the national parliament of India (2009–14).

Career

Semmalai has won four elections in his career spanning from 1980 to the present. *In 1980, he won his first ever election. Semmalai was elected to the

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from Taramangalam constituency as an Independent candidate in the 1980 election. He won as an independent candidate, that is, not belonging to any political party, and this is a rare achievement. *He later joined the

Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory ...

and was elected to the state assembly on a ticket of that party from the same Taramangalam constituency in the 1984 election. *His career from 1989 to 2001 is not properly known. *In 2001, he was elected from Omalur constituency as an

candidate in the

2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election The twelfth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 10 May 2001. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led front won the elections and its general secretary, J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister, even thoug ...

. *In 2009, he was elected a member of parliament (the

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, 2009–14) from the Salem Constituency on an

ticket. *In 2016, he was elected from Mettur constituency as an

candidate in the

2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur Assembly constituency, Thanjavur and Aravakurichi Assembly constituency, Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Tamil Nadu L ...

.2016 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
/ref> * He served as acting speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 2016.

References

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Living people People from Salem district India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu 1945 births Tamil Nadu MLAs 1980–1984 Tamil Nadu MLAs 1985–1989 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 {{AIADMK-politician-stub