Poompuhar Assembly constituency

Poompuhar
Poompuhar
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Mayiladuthurai
LS constituency	Mayiladuturai
Established	1977
Total electors	2,75,827[1]
Reservation	General
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Nivedha M. Murugan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Poompuhar is a state assembly constituency in Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu.[2] Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.

Year	Winner
1977	S. Ganesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	N. Vijayabalan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Vijayabalan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	M. Mohammad Siddik	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Poorasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	G. Mohandasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	N. Renganathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Periyasamy	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	S. Pavunraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. Pavunraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Nivedha M. Murugan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			46.40%
2016			45.48%
2011			50.66%
2006			46.14%
2001			50.55%
1996			49.88%
1991			53.47%
1989			47.33%
1984			50.22%
1980			53.36%
1977			44.95%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Nivedha M. Murugan	96,102	46.40%
	AIADMK	S. Pavunraj	92,803	44.81%	-0.67%
	NTK	P. Kaliyammal	14,823	7.16%	6.15%
	AMMK	S. Senthamizhan	1,220	0.59%
	MNM	M. H. Meharajdeen	950	0.46%
	NOTA	Nota	733	0.35%	-0.41%
	BSP	T. Ilanchezhian	500	0.24%	-0.19%
	Independent	S. Pandiyarajan	343	0.17%
	Independent	S. Murugan	262	0.13%
	Independent	A. Kalaivanan	102	0.05%
Margin of victory			3,299	1.59%	-8.75%
Turnout			2,07,105	75.09%	-0.56%
Rejected ballots			122	0.06%
Registered electors			2,75,827
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.92%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Pavunraj	87,666	45.48%	-5.18%
	IUML	Shajahan. A. M	67,731	35.14%
	PMK	Anbalagan. R	16,241	8.43%
	TMC	Sankar. M	14,806	7.68%
	NTK	Kaliyaperumal. S	1,946	1.01%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,478	0.77%
	BSP	Elanchezhiyan. T	829	0.43%	-0.02%
	Independent	Mohamed Ali. M	781	0.41%
	IJK	Selvamuthukumaran. G	684	0.35%
	Independent	Selvakumar. N	347	0.18%
	Independent	Sekar. R	249	0.13%
Margin of victory			19,935	10.34%	3.63%
Turnout			1,92,758	75.64%	-4.25%
Registered electors			2,54,828
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-5.18%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Pavunraj	85,839	50.66%	5.32%
	PMK	Agoram. K	74,466	43.94%
	SDPI	Mohamed Tharik . M . Y	2,984	1.76%
	BJP	Balasubramanian. R	2,091	1.23%	0.35%
	Independent	Dhakshinamoorthy. M	1,326	0.78%
	IJK	Ramakrishnan. S	1,237	0.73%
	BSP	Ilanchezhian. T	763	0.45%	0.13%
		Nanmaran. T	751	0.44%
Margin of victory			11,373	6.71%	5.91%
Turnout			2,12,106	79.89%	5.60%
Registered electors			1,69,457
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing	4.52%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Periyasamy. K	55,375	46.14%
	AIADMK	Pounraj. S	54,411	45.34%	-5.21%
	SP	Maya Venkatesan. M	3,328	2.77%
	DMDK	Prabakaran. V. R	2,395	2.00%
	BJP	Krishnamoorthy. K. A	1,062	0.88%
	Independent	Vengatesan. Mari	852	0.71%
	Independent	Balakrishnan. K	803	0.67%
		Karunanithi. A	626	0.52%
	Independent	Chakravarthi. K	439	0.37%
	BSP	Saraswathi. M	379	0.32%
	Independent	Malarvizhi. D	345	0.29%
Margin of victory			964	0.80%	-6.21%
Turnout			1,20,015	74.29%	7.25%
Registered electors			1,61,553
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.41%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Renganathan. N	53,760	50.55%	18.58%
	DMK	Mohammed Siddiq. M	46,305	43.54%	-6.34%
	MDMK	Musahudeen. S. M	3,542	3.33%	-8.56%
	Independent	Raja Alias Kannadasan. K. S	1,679	1.58%
	MNK(PLP)	Sampath. T. V	1,067	1.00%
Margin of victory			7,455	7.01%	-10.90%
Turnout			1,06,353	67.03%	-6.39%
Registered electors			1,58,741
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.67%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Mohanadasan G.	51,285	49.88%	16.14%
	AIADMK	Vijayabalan N.	32,872	31.97%	-21.51%
	MDMK	Samsudeen S. M.	12,222	11.89%
	PMK	Gubendra Gunabalan D.	5,682	5.53%
	Independent	Anbazhagan P.	294	0.29%
	Independent	Rajabather T.	177	0.17%
	Independent	Renganathan G.	139	0.14%
	Independent	Elangovan J.	78	0.08%
	Independent	Kalaimani P.	78	0.08%
Margin of victory			18,413	17.91%	-1.83%
Turnout			1,02,827	73.42%	2.18%
Registered electors			1,48,327
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.60%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Poorasamy	52,478	53.47%	33.87%
	DMK	M. Mohamed Siddik	33,107	33.74%	-13.60%
	PMK	G. Sugumar	11,371	11.59%
	AAP	C. Selvanathan	1,180	1.20%
Margin of victory			19,371	19.74%	-7.99%
Turnout			98,136	71.24%	4.13%
Registered electors			1,43,688
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.14%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Mohamed Siddik	40,657	47.33%	0.56%
	AIADMK	R. Rajamannar	16,839	19.60%	-30.62%
	AIADMK	N. Vijayabalan	13,793	16.06%	-34.16%
	Independent	M. A. Jamal Mohieen Papa	13,425	15.63%
	Independent	N. Renganathan	730	0.85%
	Independent	S. Vijayakumar	267	0.31%
	Independent	T. Raja Bather	186	0.22%
Margin of victory			23,818	27.73%	24.28%
Turnout			85,897	67.11%	-14.09%
Registered electors			1,30,542
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.89%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Vijayabalan. N.	44,860	50.22%	-3.14%
	DMK	Jama Imoideen Papa	41,780	46.77%	0.13%
	Independent	Peterraj. S.	1,415	1.58%
	Independent	Udayasurian. T.	424	0.47%
	Independent	Perumal. K.	366	0.41%
	Independent	Renganathan. G.	223	0.25%
	Independent	Abdulwahab	139	0.16%
	Independent	Selvaraju. S.	121	0.14%
Margin of victory			3,080	3.45%	-3.27%
Turnout			89,328	81.20%	2.51%
Registered electors			1,15,057
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-3.14%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Vijayabalan. N.	45,292	53.36%
	DMK	Ganesan. S.	39,587	46.64%	1.69%
Margin of victory			5,705	6.72%	-5.93%
Turnout			84,879	78.69%	6.88%
Registered electors			1,09,786
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.41%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poompuhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	S. Ganesan	34,105	44.95%
	CPI(M)	G. Bharathi Mohan	24,508	32.30%
	INC	P. Ethiraj	9,662	12.73%
	JP	K.K. Deen	7,605	10.02%
Margin of victory			9,597	12.65%
Turnout			75,880	71.81%
Registered electors			1,07,361
	DMK win (new seat)

References

"Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
"Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.