POONAMALLEE
Assembly seat no. 5 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1977.
Winner, 2021
Krishnaswamy A
DMK
Elections held
12
1977–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 4 of 12
Margin, 2021
94,110
35.68% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
PMKRajamannar S X
- Votes
- 55,468
- Vote share
- 21.03%
- Behind by
- 94,110
Electors
3,61,331
Total votes polled
2,63,736
Valid votes
2,63,736
NOTA votes
2,867
1.09% of votes polled
Turnout
73.0%
Full result, 2021
14 candidates · 2,63,736 valid votes
Krishnaswamy ADMKwon
1,49,578
56.7%
Rajamannar S XPMK
55,468
21.0%
Manimekalai ANTK
29,871
11.3%
Revathi Manimegalai JMNM
11,927
4.5%
Elumalai T.A.AMMK
8,805
3.3%
Sathyamurthy A CBSP
2,891
1.1%
Ravikumar MIND
448
0.2%
Sivakumar SIND
403
0.1%
Velu SIND
359
0.1%
Boshya Gayathri MMYINDIAPARTY
290
0.1%
Rajesh PIND
241
0.1%
Venkatesan JIND
240
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
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