R. Sakkarapani is an Indian politician, Minister of Tamil Nadu, and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu who has been elected from Oddanchatram constituency for five consecutive periods and now as the sixth term.
A member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party, he won in 1996,[1] 2001,[2] 2006,[3] 2011,[4] 2016 and 2021 elections.
He was appointed the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies of Tamil Nadu for the first time in Thiru M. K. Stalin's cabinet.
In the 2016 election, Sakkarapani defeated the ADMK candidate Kittusamy by a margin of 65727.
His winning margin is second highest in the state behind DMK supremo Karunanidhi.