# D. Venugopal

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/D._Venugopal
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/D._Venugopal.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Venugopal
> Source revision: 1349605714
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/Tiruvannamalai), [Madras Presidency](/source/Madras_Presidency), [British India](/source/British_India)
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2024|2|15|1931|11|5|df=y}}
| death_place   = 
| office1       = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament)
| constituency1 = [Tiruppattur](/source/Tiruppattur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)), [Tiruvannamalai](/source/Tiruvannamalai_(Lok_Sabha_constituency))
| term1         = 1996–2014
| predecessor1  = 
| successor1    = 
| office2       = Member of [Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly](/source/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly)
| term_start2   = 1977
| term_end2     = 1980
| constituency2 = [Thandarambattu](/source/Thandarambattu_(State_Assembly_Constituency))<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](/source/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly)
| term_start3   = 1980
| term_end3     = 1984
| constituency3 = [Thandarambattu](/source/Thandarambattu_(State_Assembly_Constituency))
| predecessor3  = 
| successor3    = 
| party         = [DMK](/source/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam)
| 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](/source/15th_Lok_Sabha) from [Tiruvannamalai Constituency](/source/Tiruvannamalai_(Lok_Sabha_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](/source/Tiruppattur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)) constituency of [Tamil Nadu](/source/Tamil_Nadu) and was a member of the [Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam](/source/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>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Venugopal, Danapal}}
Category:1931 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:Indian Tamil people
Category:India MPs 2004–2009
Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians
Category:India MPs 1996–1997
Category:India MPs 1998–1999
Category:India MPs 1999–2004
Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu
Category:India MPs 2009–2014
Category:People from Vellore district
Category:People from Tiruvannamalai district

{{DMK-politician-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [D. Venugopal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Venugopal) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Venugopal?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.