| Office: | Minister for Rural Industry, Minister for sports,Minister for animal husbandry, Minister for tourismGovernment of Tamil Nadu |
| Pongalur N. Palanisamy | |
| Termstart: | 1996 |
| Termend: | 2001 |
| Office1: | Minister for Animal Husbandry, Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Termend1: | 2011 |
| Termstart1: | 2006 |
| Office2: | Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly for Coimbatore North constituency |
| Termstart2: | 2006 |
| Termend2: | 2011 |
Pongalur N. Palanisamy is a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is former minister for rural industries and animal husbandry in the Government of Tamil Nadu and a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. He was born in Erode district on 3 August 1948.[1]
| Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote percentage | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Pongalur | DMK | 59.98 | A. Senapathi | Independent | 30.24 | [2] | |||
| 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Pongalur | DMK | 20.74 | K. Nachimuthu | AIADMK | 32.56 | [3] | |||
| 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Singanallur | DMK | 60.15 | Duraisamy R | AIADMK | 22.12 | [4] | |||
| 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Singanallur | DMK | 37.59 | Karunakaran K C | CPI(M) | 49.57 | [5] | |||
| 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Coimbatore East | DMK | 47.50 | Gopalakrishnan. V. | AIADMK | 41.70 | [6] | |||
| 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | Coimbatore South | DMK | 36.88 | R. Doraisamy | AIADMK | 56.27 | ||||
| 2019 Bypoll | Sulur | DMK | 40.29 | V. P. Kandasamy | AIADMK | 44.78 |
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