{{Short description|Indian politician (1931–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = D Venugopal | image = | caption = Danapal Venugopal | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|11|5|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=507 |title=Lok Sabha Website Profile |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201160504/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=507 |archive-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_place = Tiruvannamalai, Madras Presidency, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|2|15|1931|11|5|df=y}} | death_place = | office1 = Member of Parliament | constituency1 = Tiruppattur, Tiruvannamalai | term1 = 1996–2014 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | term_start2 = 1977 | term_end2 = 1980 | constituency2 = Thandarambattu<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf State assembly 1977]</ref> | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | term_start3 = 1980 | term_end3 = 1984 | constituency3 = Thandarambattu | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | party = DMK | spouse = Uthirambal | children = 3 daughters | website = | footnotes = | date = August | year = 2013 | source = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=507 }}
'''Danapal Venugopal''' (5 November 1931 – 15 February 2024) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha from Tiruvannamalai Constituency.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Previously, he represented the Tiruppattur constituency of Tamil Nadu and was a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Successful Candidates|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|work=Statistical Reports of General elections 2004|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=9 January 2011}}</ref>
==Life and career== Venugopal got elected to Lok Sabha 5 times and 2 times to Tamil Nadu state assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=507 |title=Lok Sabha Website Positions held |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201160504/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=507 |archive-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Venugopal died on 15 February 2024, at the age of 92.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/veteran-dmk-leader-and-five-time-ex-mp-venugopal-dies/article67850582.ece Veteran DMK leader and five-time ex-MP Venugopal dies]</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040907205213/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=507 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]
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