S. Semmalai
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office4 = Member of Parliament Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)
| image =
| termstart4 = 25 June 2009
| termend4 = 25 June 2014
| office = Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
| termstart = 2016
| termend = 2021
| constituency = Mettur (state assembly constituency)
| term_start3 = 2001
| term_end3 = 2006
| constituency3 = Omalur
| termstart2 = 1980
| termend2 = 1989
| constituency2 = Taramangalam
| office5 = Minister of Health and Education (Government of Tamilnadu)
| term_start5 = 2001
| term_end5 = 2004
| constituency_AM2 =
| legislature =
| native_name_lang =
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
S. Semmalai is an Indian politician active in Tamil Nadu. 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 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly 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 and was elected to the state assembly on a ticket of that party from the same Taramangalam constituency in the 1984 election.[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India][http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]
- His career from 1989 to 2001 is not properly known.
- In 2001, he was elected from Omalur constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the 2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election.[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]
- In 2009, he was elected a member of parliament (the 15th Lok Sabha, 2009–14) from the Salem Constituency on an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ticket.{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/11_ListOfSuccessfulCandidate.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=17 September 2011}}
- In 2016, he was elected from Mettur constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the 2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election.[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2016/Stat_Rep_TN_2016.pdf 2016 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] * He served as acting speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 2016.
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Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians
Category:People from Salem district
Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu
Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1980–1984
Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1985–1989
Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006
Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021
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