M. Kannappan

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. Kannappan
| relations =
| office = Minister of State, (Independent Charge) [[Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources|Non-Conventional Energy Sources]]
| term = 13 October 1999 — 30 December 2003
| primeminister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Kinathukadavu Assembly constituency|Kinathukadavu]]
| term2 =
1967 — 1976
| constituency3 = [[Palladam Assembly constituency|Palladam]]
| term3 = 1989 — 1991
| constituency4 = [[Thondamuthur Assembly constituency|Thondamuthur]]
| term4 = 2006 — 2009
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] <br/> (1967-1994)<br/> (from 2009)
| otherparty = [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (1994-2009)
}}

'''M. Kannappan''' is an Indian politician and former Union minister for Non-conventional energy sources in [[A. B. Vajpayee]]'s NDA rule between 1999 and 2004 [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate from [[Kinathukadavu (State Assembly Constituency)|Kinathukadavu constituency]] in [[1967 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1967]], and [[1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1972 elections]].

He was a minister for Hindu religious endowment boards and dairy development in the government of Tamil Nadu between 1969 and 1975. He was re-elected to cabinet in 1989 when DMK returned to power as Cabinet minister for Highways, Housing and Ports. He was also the state Transport minister in M. Karunanidhi's government. He was instrumental in reviving the DMK in western Tamil Nadu after it lost elections in the 1980s. In 1994, he had a disagreement relating to the Vaiko issue with Karunanidhi, following which he left the DMK to form a new party, the MDMK. He unsuccessfully contested the Singanallur constituency in the 1996 elections but won in 1999 when fighting the [[Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruchengode parliament constituency]]. He became union cabinet minister forging an alliance with the BJP. In 2006, he again returned to state politics and won the Thondamuthur constituency in [[Coimbatore district]]. He defeated former union minister and State congress legislative party leader [[S. R. Balasubramaniam]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Kannappan is often referred as "karotti kannappan" as he was the only person to come out boldly and take along Karunanidhi during all emergency periods when all of Karunanidhi's men even feared to talk in public. In mid-2008, when Karunanidhi was ill in hospital, the two men reconciled and Kannappan rejoined the DMK.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf 1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> and from [[Palladam (State Assembly Constituency)|Palladam constituency]] in [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989 election]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> He was elected as a [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] from [[Thondamuthur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thondamuthur constituency]] in [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 election]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref>

==Personal life==
M. K. Muthu, a son of Kannappan, followed his father into politics as a DMK member.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Descendants shine in party of rising sun |first=B. |last=Kolappan |date=21 April 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/descendants-shine-in-party-of-rising-sun/article8501998.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421015034/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/descendants-shine-in-party-of-rising-sun/article8501998.ece |archivedate=2016-04-21}}</ref> Kannappan's grandson [[Nandha (actor)|Nandha]] is a popular actor who acted in films such as ''Mounam Pesiyathe'' and ''Eeram''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/2003/may/05-04-03.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071218133252/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/2003/may/05-04-03.htm|archive-date = 18 December 2007|title = 05-04-03}}</ref>

== Electoral performance ==
{{trim|{{#section-h:Thondamuthur Assembly constituency|2006}}}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency|General Elections 1999}}}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:Singanallur Assembly constituency|1996}}}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:Palladam Assembly constituency|1991}}}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:Palladam Assembly constituency|1989}}}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:Kinathukadavu Assembly constituency|1984}}}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:Pollachi Assembly constituency|1980}}}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:Kinathukadavu Assembly constituency|1977}}}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:Kinathukadavu Assembly constituency|1971}}}}
{{trim|{{#section-h:Kinathukadavu Assembly constituency|1967}}}}

==References==
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{{Energy Ministries and Departments of India}}

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[[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:Union ministers from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:India MPs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:People from Namakkal district]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1967–1971]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1971–1976]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1989–1991]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011]]

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