T. A. Elumalai

Summary

T. A. Elumalai is a politician from Tamil Nadu, India. He was elected from the Poonamallee constituency to the Fifteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party in the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly elections.[1]

He was one of the 18 members who were disqualified were disqualified by Speaker P. Dhanapal as they withdrew support to Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and became loyal to rebel leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran and joined his party Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam.[2][3]

Electoral performance edit

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Poonamallee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK T. A. Elumalai 103,952 43.32% -11.27
DMK I. Paranthamen 92,189 38.41% New
PMK C. Parthasarathy 15,827 6.59% New
MDMK D. Kandan 15,051 6.27% New
BJP A. Amarnath 3,456 1.44% New
NOTA NOTA 3,265 1.36% New
NTK A. Ponnarasu 2,562 1.07% New
BSP V. Vijayabalaji 2,066 0.86% New
Margin of victory 11,763 4.90% -17.91%
Turnout 239,987 76.01% -3.10%
Registered electors 315,718
AIADMK hold Swing -11.27%
2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections : Poonamallee[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Krishnaswamy 136,905 53.46  15.01
AIADMK G. Vaithiyanathan 76,809 29.99  13.33
MNM A. Jagadish Kumar 11,772 4.60  4.60
AMMK T. A. Elumalai[6] 14,804 5.78  5.78
NTK P. Bharathi Priya 10,871 4.24  3.17
NOTA None of the Above 3,168 1.24  0.12
Majority 60,096
Turnout 2,56,109 77.07
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

References edit

  1. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly Trends and Results 2016: Tamil Nadu : Constituency-wise Trends". Election Commission of India. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
  2. ^ Verdict on disqualification of 18 MLAs on June 14; Tamil Nadu on tenterhooks
  3. ^ Echo of poll debacle: AMMK sees many jumping ship
  4. ^ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ^ "TTV announce AMMK first candidate list". The Hindu. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.