A. S. Ponnammal

A. S. Ponnammal (1926/7 – 24 November 2015) was an Indian politician who was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for seven terms.

Career

Ponnammal represented the Congress Party in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from 1957 to 1967, having been elected from the Sholavandan constituency in Madurai. She was subsequently elected to Tamil Nadu assembly in 1980 as an Independent candidate. In 1984, she was elected in the Palani constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. She ran in and won the Nilakottai constituency in 1989 and 1991 as an Indian National Congress candidate and in 1996 as a Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) candidate.[1][2] She unsuccessfully contested the Nilakottai seat, which was reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes, in 1967 and 1971.[3]

Commonly referred to as Akka (elder sister), Ponnammal died at the age of 88 in 2015.[3]

References
  1. "Court verdict on reservation is against social justice". The Hindu. 8 April 2007. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.
  2. Tmt A S Ponnammal, the nominated person for the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Award of the Government of Tamil Nadu called on the Hon'ble Chief Minister Archived 25 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Seven-time MLA A.S. Ponnammal passes away". The Hindu. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.


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