D. Moorthy

D. Moorthy is an Indian politician and a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He hails from Maraimalai Nagar in Chengalpattu district. Moorthy, who completed a diploma in Civil Engineering at Central Polytechnic College, Chennai, belongs to the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) party.^[1] He contested and won the Tiruporur assembly constituency in the 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, becoming a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).^[2]

D. Moorthy
Member-Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 2006–2011
Preceded by	S. Kanitha Sampath
Succeeded by	K. Manoharan
Constituency	Thiruporur
Personal details
Born	(1966-03-10)10 March 1966 Peramanallur
Nationality	India
Political party	Pattali Makkal Katchi
Relations	Dhuruvan (Father)
Residence	Maraimalai Nagar
Profession	Business

Electoral performance

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	D. Moorthy	73,328	45.07%
	AIADMK	M. Dhanapal	63,164	38.82%	−15.82%
	DMDK	Kannappan. K	19,227	11.82%
	BJP	Ponvaratharajan. M	1,979	1.22%
	BSP	Srinivasan. M	1,177	0.72%
	CPI(ML)L	Eraniappan. C	955	0.59%	−0.61%
	Independent	Jagadeesan. V	926	0.57%
Margin of victory			10,164	6.25%	−11.88%
Turnout			1,62,708	65.62%	7.54%
Registered electors			2,47,954
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.57%