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 13 May 2011.
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.

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