M. Abdul Lathief

Lathief was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Vaniyambadi constituency as an independent candidate in 1971[1] and 1977.

[2] Again standing as an independent in Vaniyambadi, he was runner-up to the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) candidate in the 1980 election.

[3] Lathief won the Chepauk constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate in 1989.

[4] For the 1991 elections, Lathief stood in Ranipet constituency for the DMK and finished runner-up to the ADMK.

[8][9] Lathief was chairman of the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board on two occasions, between May 1989-March 1992 and from June 1997 to July 1999.