Ponneri (state assembly constituency)

Ponneri is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India.[1] 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.[2] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State

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

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party
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[3] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Balaraman 95,979 48.56
DMK Doctor K Parimalam 76,643 38.78
PMK Pandian A 9,586 4.85
VCK Senthil Kumar V 5,566 2.82
NOTA None of the above 2,284 1.16
Margin of victory 19,336 9.78
Turnout 1,97,788 78.99
AIADMK hold Swing

2011

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

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. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 2. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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