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
| 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% | |||
| 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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Verdict on disqualification of 18 MLAs on June 14; Tamil Nadu on tenterhooks
- ↑ Echo of poll debacle: AMMK sees many jumping ship
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ "TTV announce AMMK first candidate list". The Hindu. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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