POONAMALLEE
Assembly seat no. 5 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1977.
Winner, 2006
SUDARSANAM.D
INC
Elections held
12
1977–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 4 of 12
Margin, 2006
15,330
7.52% of valid votes
Result, 2006
Runner-up
MDMKSENGUTTUVAN.R
- Votes
- 83,590
- Vote share
- 40.98%
- Behind by
- 15,330
Electors
3,36,248
Total votes polled
2,03,991
Valid votes
2,03,991
NOTA votes
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Turnout
60.7%
Full result, 2006
12 candidates · 2,03,991 valid votes
SUDARSANAM.DINCwon
98,920
48.5%
SENGUTTUVAN.RMDMK
83,590
41.0%
CHANDRASEKAR. GDMDK
15,711
7.7%
MANOHARAN.NBJP
2,062
1.0%
JOTHIMANI.A.GIND
1,432
0.7%
JAYAKUMAR.PBSP
553
0.3%
RAYER.MIND
444
0.2%
VENKATESAN.KIND
431
0.2%
SARAVANAN.MIND
320
0.2%
PARTHASARATHY.KIND
203
0.1%
VASUDEVAN. JIND
174
0.1%
MASILAMANI . NIND
151
0.1%
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
