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Assembly constituency 5 · Tamil Nadu · SC

Poonamallee is assembly constituency number 5 in Tamil Nadu, in Thiruvallur district, and one of the segments of the Tiruvallur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Prakasam.r of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 52.2% of the vote, 72,740 votes ahead of Krishnaswamy.a (DMK).

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Poonamallee · 2026AC 5
  1. 01
    Prakasam.r
    TVK
    1,61,309
    52.22%
  2. 02
    Krishnaswamy.a
    DMK
    88,569
    28.67%
  3. 03
    Elumalai.t.a
    AMMK
    43,280
    14.01%
  4. 04
    Mekala.j
    NTK
    11,697
    3.79%
  5. 05
    Rajasekaran.k
    BSP
    860
    0.28%
  6. 6 other candidates · 1,608 votesNOTA · 1,571 (0.51%)

Margin 72,740 votes · 23.55% of valid votes

3,68,694
Registered electors
2026 election
83.8%
Turnout
+10.1 pts vs 2021
72,740
Victory margin
23.5% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 3,08,894 valid votes, NOTA included.

Poonamallee 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prakasam.rMale · 44 yrs · SCTVK1,61,309
52.22%
2Krishnaswamy.aMale · 60 yrs · SCDMK88,569
28.67%
3Elumalai.t.aMale · 62 yrs · SCAMMK43,280
14.01%
4Mekala.jFemale · 45 yrs · SCNTK11,697
3.79%
—NOTANOTA1,571
0.51%
5Rajasekaran.kMale · 33 yrs · SCBSP860
0.28%
6Ravikumar.mMale · 38 yrs · SCIndependent355
0.11%
7Dr.jayanthi.rFemale · 50 yrs · SCIndependent304
0.10%
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8Sivakumar.sMale · 56 yrs · SCIndependent297
0.10%
9Velu.sMale · 49 yrs · SCIndependent264
0.09%
10Purushothaman.bMale · 56 yrs · SCIndependent255
0.08%
11Dhasarathan.rMale · 58 yrs · SCIndependent133
0.04%
Past results

The seat changed hands: DMK won in 2021, TVK in 2026.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026TVK 52.2%DMK 28.7%AMMK 14.0%PMK 21.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Prakasam.rTVK · 52.2% · margin 72,740Turnout83.8%
2021Krishnaswamy ADMK · 56.7% · margin 94,110Turnout73.7%
2019 byeKrishnaswamy ADMK · 53.5% · margin 60,096Turnout77.0%
2016Elumalai T AAIADMK · 43.3% · margin 11,763Turnout76.1%
2011Manimaran RAIADMK · 54.6% · margin 41,419Turnout79.2%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Poonamallee bye-election, 18 Apr 2019

Turnout 77.0% · 2,56,109 of 3,32,379 electors voted

Poonamallee bye-election 2019-04-18 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Krishnaswamy ADMK1,36,905
53.46%
2Vaithiyanathan GAIADMK76,809
29.99%
3Elumalai T AIndependent14,804
5.78%
4Jagadish Kumar AMNM11,772
4.60%
5Bharathi Priya PNTK10,871
4.24%
—NOTANOTA3,168
1.24%
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6Ravikumar JIndependent336
0.13%
7Ravi T AIndependent233
0.09%
8Murali K SIndependent227
0.09%
9Sivakumar SIndependent222
0.09%
10Velu SIndependent219
0.09%
11Sasikumar SIndependent216
0.08%
12Mani EIndependent182
0.07%
13Dasarathan RIndependent144
0.06%

Poonamallee result 2021

Poonamallee 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Krishnaswamy ADMK1,49,578
56.72%
2Rajamannar S XPMK55,468
21.03%
3Manimekalai ANTK29,871
11.33%
4Revathi Manimegalai JMNM11,927
4.52%
5Elumalai T.A.AMMK8,805
3.34%
6Sathyamurthy A CBSP2,891
1.10%
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—NOTANOTA2,871
1.09%
7Ravikumar MIndependent448
0.17%
8Sivakumar SIndependent402
0.15%
9Velu SIndependent355
0.13%
10Boshya Gayathri MMIDP290
0.11%
11Venkatesan JIndependent242
0.09%
12Rajesh PIndependent239
0.09%
13Purushothaman BIndependent176
0.07%
14Dhasarathan RIndependent173
0.07%

Poonamallee result 2016

Poonamallee 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Elumalai T AAIADMK1,03,952
43.32%
2Paranthamen IDMK92,189
38.41%
3Parthasarathy CPMK15,827
6.59%
4Kandan DMDMK15,051
6.27%
5Amarnath ABJP3,456
1.44%
—NOTANOTA3,265
1.36%
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6Ponnarasu ANTK2,562
1.07%
7Vijayabalaji VBSP2,066
0.86%
8Ramamoorthy MIndependent391
0.16%
9Prathap RShiv Sena351
0.15%
10Nagaraj JIndependent312
0.13%
11Tamilselvan BIndependent177
0.07%
12Ananth CIndependent151
0.06%
13Kandhasamy BIndependent121
0.05%
14Sankaralingam JIndependent116
0.05%

Poonamallee result 2011

Poonamallee 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Manimaran RAIADMK99,097
54.59%
2Kanchi Gv MathiazhaganINC57,678
31.77%
3Jaganmoorthy.mPB21,118
11.63%
4Murali.kIndependent2,022
1.11%
5Theinmathi.pIJK1,616
0.89%
Map

Poonamallee outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Thiruvallur district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

TVKDMKAIADMKINCPMKVCKOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Poonamallee is one of the assembly segments of Tiruvallur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Tiruvallur candidates.

  • Sasikanth SenthilINC1,46,176 58.3%
  • Balaganapathy, V. PonBJP38,765 15.5%
  • Nallathambi, K.DMDK37,544 15.0%
  • Jagadesh Chander, M.NTK22,051 8.8%
  • Tamizhmadhi, D.BSP2,938 1.2%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 1,07,411 EVM votes.

Open Tiruvallur Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Poonamallee.

Who won the Poonamallee assembly seat in 2026?

Prakasam.r of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Poonamallee in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 1,61,309 votes, which was 52.22% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Poonamallee?

The margin was 72,740 votes (23.55% of valid votes). The runner-up was Krishnaswamy.a of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 88,569 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Poonamallee in 2026?

Turnout was 83.81%: 3,09,019 of 3,68,694 registered electors voted, across 452 polling stations. That is 10.1 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Poonamallee part of?

Poonamallee is an assembly segment of the Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sasikanth Senthil got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Poonamallee had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 18 Apr 2019, Krishnaswamy A (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) won by 60,096 votes.

Is Poonamallee a reserved constituency?

Yes. Poonamallee is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Poonamallee?

The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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