Poonamallee (state assembly constituency)

Poonamallee
Poonamallee
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1977 - present
Total electors	3,57,874
Reservation	General
Most successful party	DMK (5 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	A. Krishnaswamy
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Poonamallee is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises portions of the Poonamallee and Thiruvallur taluks and is a part of the Thiruvallur constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below:

Year	Winner
1977	D. Rajarathinam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	D. Rajarathinam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984		Indian National Congress
1989		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	D. Sudarsanam	Indian National Congress
1996	D. Sudarsanam	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	D. Sudarsanam	Indian National Congress
2011	R. Manimaran^[4]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	T. A. Elumalai^[5]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019	A. Krishnaswamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. Krishnaswamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			57.34%
2019 By-election			53.46%
2016			43.32%
2011			54.59%
2006			48.49%
2001			37.51%
1996			53.20%
1991			55.50%
1989			48.11%
1984			55.97%
1980			48.83%
1977			36.49%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Krishnaswamy	1,49,578	56.72	3.26
	PMK	S. X. Rajamannar	55,468	21.03	21.03
	NTK	Manimekalai A.	29,871	11.33	7.09
	MNM	Revathi Manimegalai J.	11,927	4.52	4.52
	AMMK	T. A. Elumalai	8,805	3.34	0.9
Margin of victory			94,110	36.08%	31.17%
Turnout			260,865	72.89%	-3.12%
Rejected ballots			275	0.11%
Registered electors			357,874
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	14.02%

2019 By-election[]

Bye-election, 2019: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Krishnaswamy	1,36,905	53.46	15.01
	AIADMK	G. Vaithiyanathan	76,809	29.99	13.33
	MNM	A. Jagadish Kumar	11,772	4.60	4.60
	AMMK	T. A. Elumalai^[6]	14,804	5.78	5.78
	NTK	P. Bharathi Priya	10,871	4.24	3.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,168	1.24	0.12
Majority			60,096
Turnout			2,56,109	77.07
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. A. Elumalai	1,03,952	43.32	11.17
	DMK	I. Paranthamen	92,189	38.41	38.41
	PMK	C. Parthasarathy	15,827	6.59	6.59
	MDMK	D. Kandan	15,051	6.27	6.27
Majority			11,763	4.91
Turnout			2,39,986	76.06	3.14
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Manimaran	99,097	54.59	n/a
	INC	Kanchi Gv Mathiazhagan	57,678	31.77	9.21
		Jaganmoorthy	21,113	11.63	11.63
	IND	K. Murali	2,022	1.11	1.11
Majority			41,419	22.82	15.3
Turnout			1,81,733	79.20	18.5
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	6.1

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Sudarsanam	98,920	48.49%
	MDMK	Senguttuvan.R	83,590	40.98%
	DMDK	Chandrasekar. G	15,711	7.70%
	BJP	Manoharan.N	2,062	1.01%
	Independent	Jothimani.A.G	1,432	0.70%
	BSP	Jayakumar.P	553	0.27%
Margin of victory			15,330	7.52%	6.12%
Turnout			203,991	60.7%	6.56%
	INC gain from PMK		Swing	10.98%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Shanmugam S	62,220	37.51%
	DMK	Chezhiyan S	59,904	36.12%
		Moorthy M	21,194	12.78%
	MDMK	Andhridoss R	17,628	10.63%
	Independent	Ramaiah Naidu B.	2,146	1.29%
	Independent	Ashokan A	1,827	1.10%
	Independent	Ravi. V.	941	0.57%
Margin of victory			2,316	1.40%	-34.09%
Turnout			165,860	54.14%	-7.28%
	PMK gain from TMC		Swing	-15.69%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	D. Sudarsanam	75,731	53.20%
	INC	P. Krishnamoorthy	25,220	17.72%
	MDMK	Anarias @ Anthridoss	23,011	16.17%
	PMK	Ravi. E.	10,739	7.54%
	Independent	Ravi. V.	3,397	2.39%
	BJP	Karunagaran. V.G.	1,956	1.37%
Margin of victory			50,511	35.48%	15.88%
Turnout			142,348	61.42%	1.96%
	TMC gain from INC		Swing	-2.30%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Sudarsanam	68,392	55.50%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	44,240	35.90%
	PMK	R.K. Kothandan	7,544	6.12%
	BJP	V. Sampath	1,866	1.51%
	TMM	D. Kumar	302	0.25%
	JP	M. Gnanasekar	259	0.21%
Margin of victory			24,152	19.60%	-4.43%
Turnout			123,225	59.46%	-7.81%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	7.40%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Masilamani. T.R.M	58,640	48.11%
	INC	Ananthakrishna. G.M	29,345	24.07%
	Independent	Moorthy. M.M	13,429	11.02%
	Independent	Goverdhanan. R.M	8,932	7.33%
	AIADMK(JR)	Kulasekaran. Era	6,657	5.46%
	Independent	Murugesan. R.M	1,678	1.38%
Margin of victory			29,295	24.03%	9.24%
Turnout			121,900	67.27%	0.30%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-7.86%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Ananthakrishna	55,129	55.97%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	40,562	41.18%
	Independent	Subramani. S.	1,150	1.17%
	Independent	Dilli. M.	589	0.60%
	Independent	Samuel Patrick. A.	502	0.51%
	Independent	Damodaran. S.	378	0.38%
	Independent	Venkataraman. C.	196	0.20%
Margin of victory			14,567	14.79%	0.51%
Turnout			98,506	66.97%	10.24%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	7.02%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	38,018	48.94%
	GKC	Sambandan	26,930	34.67%
	Independent	Chinnasamy.P.Poovai	8,547	11.00%
	Independent	Moorthy.M	2,246	2.89%
	BJP	Thiruven Gadam.G	1,605	2.07%
	Independent	Lakshmipathy Naidu.T	514	0.66%
Margin of victory			11,088	14.27%	7.55%
Turnout			77,680	56.73%	4.97%
	DMK hold		Swing	12.46%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Poonamallee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	26,552	36.49%
	AIADMK	Era Kulasekaran	21,659	29.76%
	JP	J. Madan Raj	16,660	22.89%
	INC	A. Palapandvan	7,357	10.11%
	Independent	C. Ramamurthy	351	0.48%
	Independent	C. Venkatraman	195	0.27%
Margin of victory			4,893	6.72%
Turnout			72,774	51.76%	%
	DMK win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021.
^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Tamil Nadu Election Results". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "TTV announce AMMK first candidate list". The Hindu. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[3] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[cnnibn-4] "Tamil Nadu Election Results". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

[5] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[6] "TTV announce AMMK first candidate list". The Hindu. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

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