Poonamallee Assembly constituency explained

Poonamallee
Type:	SLA
State:	Tamil Nadu
Established:	1977
Constituency No:	5
Reservation:	None
Mla:	A. Krishnaswamy
Latest Election Year:	2021
Electors:	3,57,874^[1]

Poonamallee is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 5. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises portions of the Poonamallee and Thiruvallur taluks and is a part of the Thiruvallur constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below:

Election	Name	Party
1977	D. Rajarathinam
1980	D. Rajarathinam
1984	G. Ananthakrishna
1989	T. R. Masilamani
1991	D. Sudarsanam
1996	D. Sudarsanam
2001	S. Shanmugam
2006	D. Sudarsanam
2011	R. Manimaran^[4]
2016	T. A. Elumalai^[5]
By-Election 2019	A. Krishnaswamy
2021	A. Krishnaswamy

Election results

1977

References

• Web site: Statistical reports of assembly elections. 8 July 2010. Election Commission of India. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp. 5 October 2010.

13.048°N 80.094°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Form 21E (Return of Election) . https://web.archive.org/web/20211222065705/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Form21E_TNLA2021/AC005.pdf . 22 December 2021.
2. Web site: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map . Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly . 23 January 2017.
3. Web site: Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order . Delimitation Commission of India . National Informatics Centre . 25 January 2017.
4. Web site: Tamil Nadu Election Results. CNN-IBN. 2011-05-13.
5. Web site: Election Commission of India . 2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary . 27 May 2016. 5.