Ponneri Assembly constituency

Ponneri
Ponneri
Constituency No. 2 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1951
Total electors	251,397
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Durai Chandrasekar
Party	INC
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Ponneri is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 2. It comprises a portion of Ponneri taluk and is a part of Thiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

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RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

Established1951

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Election	Member
1952	O. Chengam Pillai	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1952	Gajapathi	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	V. Govindasami Naidu	Indian National Congress
1957	T. P. Elumalai
1962	T. P. Elumalai
1967	P. Nagalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election	Member
1971	P. Nagalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. M. Dorairaj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Chakrapani
1984	K. P. K. Sekar
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
2016	P. Balaraman^[3]
2021	Durai Chandrasekar	Indian National Congress
2026	M. S. Ravi	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam


2026			48.69%
2021			45.00%
2016			48.56%
2011			57.50%
2006			48.09%
2001			54.58%
1996			61.72%
1991			64.74%
1989			44.53%
1984			59.05%
1980			51.07%
1977			42.64%
1971			58.39%
1967			56.61%
1962			48.41%
1957			25.94%
1952			27.67%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	Dr.Ravi.M.S	110,439	48.69	*New*
	INC	Durai Chandrasekar	54671	24.1	20.9
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	51468	22.69	17.7
	NTK	Rajathi	6676	2.94	6.12
	NOTA	NOTA	865	0.38	0.36
	BSP	Santhoshkumar.J	615	0.27
	TVK	Kotteeswaran K	166	0.07
Margin of victory			55768
Turnout			226819
Rejected ballots
Registered electors			251,397
	TVK gain from INC		Swing	55768

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Durai Chandrasekar	94,528	45.00	*New*
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	84,839	40.39	−8.17
	NTK	A. Maheswari	19,027	9.06	+8.24
	MNM	D. Desingurajan	5,394	2.57	New
	AMMK	Pon. Raja	2,832	1.35	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,554	0.74	−0.42
	BSP	J. Bhavani Ilavenil	1,106	0.53	−0.06
Margin of victory			9,689	4.61	−5.17
Turnout			2,10,054	78.57	−0.36
Rejected ballots			203	0.10
Registered electors			2,67,345
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.56

Ponneri Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

Election results

2026

2021

2016

2011

2006

2001

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1989

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1980

1977

1971

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1962

1957

1952

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	95,979	48.56	−8.94
	DMK	Dr. K. Parimalam	76,643	38.78	+0.48
	PMK	A. Pandian	9,586	4.85	New
	VCK	V. Senthil Kumar	5,566	2.82	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,284	1.16	New
	BJP	K. Ganesan	2,067	1.05	+0.23
	NTK	S. Vinoth Babu	1,620	0.82	New
	BSP	S. Raja	1,152	0.58	−0.24
Margin of victory			19,336	9.78	−9.42
Turnout			1,97,648	78.93	−1.50
Registered electors			2,50,403
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-8.94

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Pon. Raja	93,624	57.50	+9.41
	DMK	A. Manimekalai	62,354	38.29	−3.46
	BSP	S. Raja	1,347	0.83	New
	BJP	K. Ganesan	1,335	0.82	New
	Independent	S. Jayakanthan	1,167	0.72	New
Margin of victory			31,270	19.20	12.88
Turnout			1,62,835	80.43	9.82
Registered electors			2,02,449
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	84,259	48.09	*New*
	DMK	V. Anbuvanan	73,170	41.76	+5.54
	DMDK	S. Angamuthu	13,508	7.71	New
	Independent	E. Mani	1,649	0.94	New
	CPI(ML)L	S. Janakiraman	1,185	0.68	New
Margin of victory			11,089	6.33	−12.04
Turnout			1,75,229	70.61	9.37
Registered electors			2,48,155
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	-6.50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	A. S. Kannan	81,408	54.58	*New*
	DMK	K. Sundaram	54,018	36.22	−25.5
	MDMK	P. Duraikkannu	4,319	2.90	−2.31
	Independent	G. Devarajan	3,753	2.52	New
	Independent	A. D. Rathinam	2,211	1.48	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	M. Jayaseelan	1,326	0.89	New
	Independent	N. Maran	827	0.55	New
Margin of victory			27,390	18.36	−13.63
Turnout			1,49,143	61.24	−6.56
Registered electors			2,43,530
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	-7.13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundaram	87,547	61.72	+31.49
	AIADMK	G. Gunasekaran	42,156	29.72	−35.02
	MDMK	R. Krishnamoorthy	7,379	5.20	New
	CPI(ML)L	S. Janakiraman	1,923	1.36	New
	Independent	C. Paccikrisawamy	1,443	1.02	New
	BJP	M. Annamalai	867	0.61	New
Margin of victory			45,391	32.00	−2.52
Turnout			1,41,856	67.80	1.16
Registered electors			2,16,818
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.02

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. Ravikumar	77,374	64.74	+26.73
	DMK	K. Parthasarathy	36,121	30.22	−14.31
	PMK	R. Nagappan	4,965	4.15	New
Margin of victory			41,253	34.51	27.99
Turnout			1,19,522	66.65	−4.63
Registered electors			1,86,052
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.21

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundaram	51,928	44.53	+4.57
	AIADMK	K. Tamizharasan	44,321	38.01	−21.05
	INC	D. Yasodha	14,410	12.36	New
	AIADMK	K. P. K. Sekar Alias Kulasekaran	5,280	4.53	−54.53
Margin of victory			7,607	6.52	−12.57
Turnout			1,16,616	71.28	−5.12
Registered electors			1,66,812
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.52

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. K. Sekar Alias K. P. Kulasekaran	61,559	59.05	+7.98
	DMK	K. Sundaram	41,655	39.96	+6.85
Margin of victory			19,904	19.09	1.13
Turnout			1,04,244	76.41	14.01
Registered electors			1,43,104
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.98

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Chakarapani	42,408	51.07	+8.43
	DMK	P. Nagalingam	27,490	33.11	+5.58
	Independent	G. Vetriveeran	7,508	9.04	New
	JP	R. S. Munivel	4,619	5.56	New
Margin of victory			14,918	17.97	2.85
Turnout			83,033	62.40	5.89
Registered electors			1,35,012
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.43

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. M. Dorairaj	31,796	42.64	*New*
	DMK	G. Vetriveeran	20,524	27.53	−30.86
	JP	V. Nargunam	14,170	19.00	New
	INC	K. N. Arumugam	6,422	8.61	−23.16
	Independent	G. Chinnaraj	1,085	1.46	New
	Independent	A. P. Elumalai	564	0.76	New
Margin of victory			11,272	15.12	−11.50
Turnout			74,561	56.51	−16.69
Registered electors			1,34,125
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-15.74

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Nagalingam	39,783	58.39	+1.77
	INC	T. P. Elumalai	21,650	31.77	−9.85
	Independent	C. K. Manickam	6,703	9.84	New
Margin of victory			18,133	26.61	11.62
Turnout			68,136	73.20	−3.91
Registered electors			97,121
	DMK hold		Swing	1.77

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. P. Elumalai	26,125	48.41	+22.47
	DMK	P. Nagalingam	15,721	29.13	New
	CPI	C. K. Manickam	9,092	16.85	+10.14
	Independent	A. Dharma Lingam	1,035	1.92	New
	Independent	A. P. Elumalai	995	1.84	New
	Independent	P. B. Jeevaratnam	569	1.05	New
	Independent	G. A. Ramadoss	429	0.79	New
Margin of victory			10,404	19.28	18.69
Turnout			53,966	63.99	−8.44
Registered electors			89,125
	INC hold		Swing	22.47

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Govindasami Naidu	32,119	25.94	+7.83
	INC	T. P. Elumalai	31,392	25.35	+7.25
	Independent	T. Shanmugam	14,995	12.11	New
	Independent	Changam Pillai	13,639	11.01	New
	Independent	M. Jayaram Reddi	10,873	8.78	New
	CPI	C. K. Manickam	8,306	6.71	New
	Independent	M. Kuppuswami	4,872	3.93	New
	Independent	Elimalai S/O Palayam	4,570	3.69	New
	Independent	Thirvenkata Naicker	3,069	2.48	New
Margin of victory			727	0.59	−1.29
Turnout			1,23,835	72.43	−1.01
Registered electors			1,70,967
	INC gain from KMPP		Swing	-1.73

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	O. Chengam Pillai	27,489	27.67	*New*
	KMPP	Gajapathi	25,626	25.79	New
	INC	M. Bhaktavatsalam	17,985	18.10	New
	INC	C. Lakshmana Pillai	14,510	14.61	New
	Independent	M. P. B. Jeevaratham	9,200	9.26	New
	Independent	Venkatakrishna Sarma	4,007	4.03	New
	RPI	K. Manavalan	529	0.53	New
Margin of victory			1,863	1.88
Turnout			99,346	73.44
Registered electors			1,35,266
	KMPP win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Nagalingam	37,746	56.61	+27.48
	INC	T. P. Elumalai	27,751	41.62	−6.79
	Independent	A. P. Elumalai	1,177	1.77	New
Margin of victory			9,995	14.99	−4.29
Turnout			66,674	77.11	13.12
Registered electors			90,079
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	8.20