PONGALUR
Assembly seat no. 114 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 9 times since 1971.
Winner, 2006
MANI.S.
DMK
Elections held
9
1971–2006
Most successful party
ADK
won 3 of 9
Margin, 2006
53
0.05% of valid votes
Result, 2006
Runner-up
ADMKDAMODARAN.P.V
- Votes
- 47,649
- Vote share
- 41.67%
- Behind by
- 53
Electors
1,54,492
Total votes polled
1,14,351
Valid votes
1,14,351
NOTA votes
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Turnout
74.0%
Full result, 2006
8 candidates · 1,14,351 valid votes
MANI.S.DMKwon
47,702
41.7%
DAMODARAN.P.VADMK
47,649
41.7%
RAMESH.C.DMDK
7,867
6.9%
UTHRAKUMAR.P.BJP
5,915
5.2%
GOVINDASAMY.S.IND
2,329
2.0%
SATHISHKUMAR.L.SP
1,414
1.2%
UMAR ALI.D.IND
758
0.7%
KARTHIKEYAN.PON.IND
717
0.6%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 9 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | MANI.S. | DMK | 47,702 | 41.72% | DAMODARAN.P.V | 53 |
| 2001 | DAMODARAN P.V. | ADMK | 57,139 | 53.56% | CHELLAMUTHU.K | 21,815 |
| 1996 | MOHAN KANDASWAMY, P. | TMCM | 51,827 | 53.25% | THALAPATHY MURUGESAN | 21,941 |
| 1991 | BALASUBRAMANIYAM S.R. | INC | 64,588 | 67.09% | VIJAYALAKSHMI P. | 41,062 |
| 1989 | BALASUBRAMONIYAM, S.R. | INC | 31,691 | 32.25% | PALANISAMY, N.S. | 440 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above