Ponneri Assembly constituency

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Indian electoral constituency

Ponneri Assembly constituency
Indian electoral constituency

Constituency details
Country	India

Ponneri is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises a portion of Ponneri taluk and is a part of Thiruvallur constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	O. Chengam Pillai and Gajapathi Reddiar	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	V. Govindasami Naidu and T. P. Elumalai	Indian National Congress
1962	T. P. Elumalai	Indian National Congress
1967	P. Nagalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	P. Nagalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. M. Dorairaj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Chakrapani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. P. K. Sekar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. Sundaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	E. Ravikumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. Sundaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. S. Kannan	Communist Party of India
2006	P. Balaraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Pon. Raja	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. Balaraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Durai. Chandrasekar	Indian National Congress

Election Results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election :Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Durai. Chandrasekar	94,528	44.94%
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	84,839	40.33%	−8.23%
	NTK	Maheswari. A	19,027	9.05%	8.23%
	MNM	Desingurajan. D	5,394	2.56%
	AMMK	Pon. Raja	2,832	1.35%
	NOTA	Nota	1,554	0.74%	−0.42%
	BSP	Bhavani Ilavenil. J	1,106	0.53%	−0.06%
	Independent	Ashok Priyadarshan. S	470	0.22%
	Independent	Sugumar. K	298	0.14%
Margin of victory			9,689	4.61%	−5.17%
Turnout			210,054	78.57%	−0.36%
Rejected ballots			203	0.10%
Registered electors			267,345
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.56%

Elections in the 2010s

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election :Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	95,979	48.56%	−8.94%
	DMK	Parimalam K Doctor	76,643	38.78%	0.48%
	PMK	Pandian A	9,586	4.85%
	VCK	Senthil Kumar V	5,566	2.82%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,284	1.16%
	BJP	Ganesan K	2,067	1.05%	0.23%
	NTK	Vinoth Babu S	1,620	0.82%
	BSP	Raja S	1,152	0.58%	−0.24%
	YSRCP	Kotteeswaran K	696	0.35%
	Independent	Rukumangadan L	640	0.32%	−0.39%
	Independent	Dilli Babu V	536	0.27%	−0.45%
Margin of victory			19,336	9.78%	−9.42%
Turnout			197,648	78.93%	−1.50%
Registered electors			250,403
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-8.94%

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	Pon. Raja	93,624	57.50
	DMK	Manimekalai A	62,354	38.29
	BSP	Raja S	1,347	0.83
	BJP	Ganesan K	1,335	0.82
	IND.	Jayakanthan S	1,167	0.72
Margin of victory			31,270	19.21
Turnout			1,62,888	80.46
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	84,259	48.09%
	MDMK	Anbuvanan.V	73,170	41.76%
	DMDK	Angamuthu.S	13,508	7.71%
	Independent	Mani.E	1,649	0.94%
	CPI(ML)L	Janakiraman.S	1,185	0.68%
	BSP	Natarajan.S	865	0.49%
Margin of victory			11,089	6.33%	−12.04%
Turnout			175,229	70.61%	−60.53%
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	-6.50%

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Kannan.A.S.	81,408	54.58%
	DMK	K. Sundaram	54,018	36.22%
	MDMK	Duraikkannu.P.	4,319	2.90%
	Independent	Devarajan.G	3,753	2.52%
	Independent	Rathinam.A.D.	2,211	1.48%
	Puratchi Bharatham	Jayaseelan.M	1,326	0.89%
Margin of victory			27,390	18.36%	−13.63%
Turnout			149,143	61.24%	−6.56%
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	-7.13%

Elections in the 1990s

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election:Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundaram	87,547	61.72%
	AIADMK	Gunasekaran. G.	42,156	29.72%
	MDMK	Krishnamoorthy. R.	7,379	5.20%
	CPI(ML)L	Janakiraman. S.	1,923	1.36%
	Independent	Paccikrisawamy. C.	1,443	1.02%
	BJP	Annamalai. M.	867	0.61%
Margin of victory			45,391	32.00%	−3.59%
Turnout			141,856	67.8%	1.15%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.03%

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Ravikumar E.	77,374	66.75%
	DMK	Parthasarathy K.	36,121	31.16%
	PMK	Nagappan R.	4,965	4.28%
	TMM	Prabakaran G.S.	582	0.50%
	BSP	Ravi S.	480	0.41%
Margin of victory			41,253	35.59%	29.06%
Turnout			115,922	66.65%	−4.63%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	22.22%

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election:Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundaram	51,928	44.53%
	AIADMK(JL)	Tamizharasan. K	44,321	38.01%
	INC	Yasodha. D	14,410	12.36%
	AIADMK(JR)	Sekar K.P.K. Alias Kulasekaran. K.P.	5,280	4.53%
	Independent	Paramannandhan. M	360	0.31%
	Independent	Ramamoorthi. P.M.	217	0.19%
Margin of victory			7,607	6.52%	−12.57%
Turnout			116,616	71.28%	−5.13%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.52%

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. K. Sekar Alias K. P. Kulasekaran	61,559	59.05%
	DMK	K. Sundaram	41,655	39.96%
	Independent	K. N. Arumugam	520	0.50%
	Independent	Rathinam	510	0.49%
Margin of victory			19,904	19.09%	1.13%
Turnout			104,244	76.41%	14.01%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.98%

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Chakarapani.R	42,408	51.07%
	DMK	Nagalingam.P	27,490	33.11%
	Independent	Vetriveeran.G	7,508	9.04%
	JP	Munivel.R.S	4,619	5.56%
	Independent	Sivalingam.K	350	0.42%
	Independent	Seemen.Thalapathy.C.V	313	0.38%
Margin of victory			14,918	17.97%	2.85%
Turnout			83,033	62.4%	5.89%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.43%

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election:Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. M. Dorairaj	31,796	42.64%
	DMK	G. Vetriveeran	20,524	27.53%
	JP	V. Nargunam	14,170	19.00%
	INC	K.N. Arumugam	6,422	8.61%
	Independent	G. Chinnaraj	1,085	1.46%
	Independent	A.P.Elumalai	564	0.76%
Margin of victory			11,272	15.12%	−11.50%
Turnout			74,561	56.51%	−16.69%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-15.74%

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election:Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Nagalingam	39,783	58.39%
	INC	T. P. Elumalai	21,650	31.77%
	Independent	C K Manickam	6,703	9.84%
Margin of victory			18,133	26.61%	11.62%
Turnout			68,136	73.2%	−3.91%
	DMK hold		Swing	1.77%

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election:Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Nagalingam	37,746	56.61%
	INC	T. P. Elumalai	27,751	41.62%
	Independent	A. P. Elumalai	1,177	1.77%
Margin of victory			9,995	14.99%	−4.29%
Turnout			66,674	77.11%	13.12%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	17.43%

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election :Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. P. Elumalai	26,125	48.41%
	DMK	P. Nagalingam	15,721	29.13%
	CPI	C. K. Manickam	9,092	16.85%
	Independent	A. Dharma Lingam	1,035	1.92%
	Independent	A. P. Elumalai	995	1.84%
	Independent	P. B. Jeevaratnam	569	1.05%
	Independent	G. A. Ramadoss	429	0.79%
Margin of victory			10,404	19.28%	18.69%
Turnout			53,966	63.99%	−8.44%
Registered electors			89,125
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	22.47%

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Govindasami Naidu	32,119	25.94%
	INC	T. P. Elumalai (SC)	31,392	25.35%
	Independent	T. Shanmugam	14,995	12.11%
	Independent	Changam Pillai (Sc)	13,639	11.01%
	Independent	M. Jayaram Reddi	10,873	8.78%
	CPI	C. K. Manickam (Sc)	8,306	6.71%
	Independent	M. Kuppuswami (Sc)	4,872	3.93%
	Independent	Elimalai S/O Palayam (Sc)	4,570	3.69%
	Independent	Thirvenkata Naicker	3,069	2.48%
Margin of victory			727	0.59%	−1.29%
Turnout			123,835	72.43%	−1.01%
Registered electors			170,967
	INC gain from KMPP		Swing

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ponneri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	O. Chengam Pillai	27,489	27.67%
	KMPP	Gajapathi Reddiar	25,626	25.79%
	INC	M. Bhaktavatsalam	17,985	18.10%
	INC	C. Lakshmana Pillai	14,510	14.61%
	Independent	M. P. B. Jeevaratham	9,200	9.26%
	Independent	Venkatakrishna Sarma	4,007	4.03%
	RPI	K. Manavalan	529	0.53%
Margin of victory			1,863	1.88%	1.88%
Turnout			99,346	73.44%
Registered electors			135,266
	KMPP 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.
"2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 2. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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

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