P. Balaraman

P. Balaraman is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, India. He was elected from the Ponneri 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][2]

P. Balaraman
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for Ponneri
In office 2016–2021
Preceded by	Pon. Raja
Succeeded by	Dr Parimalam K
Personal details
Political party	AIADMK

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Ponneri Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Durai Chandrasekar	94,528	45.00%	New
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	84,839	40.39%	−8.17
	NTK	A. Maheswari	19,027	9.06%	+8.24
	MNM	D. Desingurajan	5,394	2.57%	New
	AMMK	Pon. Raja	2,832	1.35%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,554	0.74%	−0.42
	BSP	J. Bhavani Ilavenil	1,106	0.53%	−0.06
Margin of victory			9,689	4.61%	−5.17%
Turnout			2,10,054	78.57%	−0.36%
Rejected ballots			203	0.10%
Registered electors			2,67,345
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.56%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	95,979	48.56%	−8.94
	DMK	Dr. K. Parimalam	76,643	38.78%	+0.48
	PMK	A. Pandian	9,586	4.85%	New
	VCK	V. Senthil Kumar	5,566	2.82%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,284	1.16%	New
	BJP	K. Ganesan	2,067	1.05%	+0.23
	NTK	S. Vinoth Babu	1,620	0.82%	New
	BSP	S. Raja	1,152	0.58%	−0.24
Margin of victory			19,336	9.78%	−9.42%
Turnout			1,97,648	78.93%	−1.50%
Registered electors			2,50,403
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-8.94%

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Balaraman	84,259	48.09%	New
	DMK	V. Anbuvanan	73,170	41.76%	+5.54
	DMDK	S. Angamuthu	13,508	7.71%	New
	Independent	E. Mani	1,649	0.94%	New
	CPI(ML)L	S. Janakiraman	1,185	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			11,089	6.33%	−12.04%
Turnout			1,75,229	70.61%	9.37%
Registered electors			2,48,155
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	-6.50%