Poonamallee (state assembly constituency)

Poonamallee is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.[1] 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.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Key   DMK     INC     AIADMK  

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below:

Year Winner Party
1977 D. Rajarathinam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 D. Rajarathinam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 G. Ananthakrishna Indian National Congress
1989 T. R. Masilamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 D. Sudarsanam Indian National Congress
1996 D. Sudarsanam Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
2001 S. Shanmugam Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006 D. Sudarsanam Indian National Congress
2011 R. Manimaran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[3]
2016 T. A. Elumalai[4] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019 A. Krishnaswamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2019 Bye-Election Results
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[5] 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
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 2,40,126 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
INC Kanchi Gv Mathiazhagan 57,678 31.77
PB Jaganmoorthy 21,113 11.63 +11.63
IND K. Murali 2,022 1.11 +1.11
Majority 41,419 22.82
Turnout 1,81,733 79.20
AIADMK gain from INC Swing

References
  1. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. "Tamil Nadu Election Results". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. "TTV announce AMMK first candidate list". The Hindu. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

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