K. K. Veerappan

{{Short description|Indian politician (died 2022)}}

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K. K. Veerappan (1944/1945 – 15 June 2022){{Cite news |last=Lakshmanasamy |first=Poorani |title=திமுக முன்னாள் எம்பி கே.கே. வீரப்பன் மறைவு... தலைவர்கள் இரங்கல்! |work=Samayam Tamil |publisher= |url=https://tamil.samayam.com/latest-news/namakkal/former-dmk-mp-kk-veerappan-passed-away-today-due-to-ill-health-in-namakkal/articleshow/92223342.cms}} was an Indian politician.

He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Kapilamalai constituency in the 1996 elections. He was a candidate of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India |page=7 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 |accessdate=2017-05-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |archivedate=7 October 2010 }}

The DMK denied him the opportunity to contest the 2001 elections and later suspended him for alleged anti-party activities.{{cite news |work=Frontline |title=A fierce fight |first=T. S. |last=Subramanian |url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1810/18100160.htm |date=25 May 2001 |accessdate=2017-05-18}}