POONAMALLEE
Assembly seat no. 5 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1977.
Winner, 2026
Prakasam.r
TVK
Elections held
12
1977–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 4 of 12
Margin, 2026
72,740
23.55% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
DMKKrishnaswamy.a
- Votes
- 88,569
- Vote share
- 28.67%
- Behind by
- 72,740
Electors
3,68,694
Total votes polled
3,08,894
Valid votes
3,08,894
NOTA votes
1,571
0.51% of votes polled
Turnout
83.8%
Full result, 2026
11 candidates · 3,08,894 valid votes
Prakasam.rTVKwon
1,61,309
52.2%
Krishnaswamy.aDMK
88,569
28.7%
Elumalai.t.aAMMKMNKZ
43,280
14.0%
Mekala.jNTK
11,697
3.8%
Rajasekaran.kBSP
860
0.3%
Ravikumar.mIND
355
0.1%
Dr.jayanthi.rIND
304
0.1%
Sivakumar.sIND
297
0.1%
Velu.sIND
264
0.1%
Purushothaman.bIND
255
0.1%
Dhasarathan.rIND
133
0.0%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Prakasam.r | TVK | 1,61,309 | 52.22% | Krishnaswamy.a | 72,740 |
| 2021 | Krishnaswamy A | DMK | 1,49,578 | 56.72% | Rajamannar S X | 94,110 |
| 2016 | ELUMALAI T A | ADMK | 1,03,952 | 43.32% | PARANTHAMEN I | 11,763 |
| 2011 | MANIMARAN R | ADMK | 99,097 | 54.59% | KANCHI GV MATHIAZHAGAN | 41,419 |
| 2006 | SUDARSANAM.D | INC | 98,920 | 48.49% | SENGUTTUVAN.R | 15,330 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above