Pongalur Assembly constituency

Pongalur was a legislative assembly constituency in Coimbatore district, which included the city, Pongalur.^[1] Pongalur Assembly constituency was part of Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency.

Pongalur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Lok Sabha constituency	Pollachi
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	154,491

This constituency included Pongalur and Sultanpet unions in (then) Palladam taluk; and Kundadam union in Dharapuram taluk.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
1967	Fourth	1967–1971	P. N. P. Gounder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	Fifth	1971–1977	Pongalur N. Palanisamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	Sixth	1977–1980	K. Nachimuthu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	Seventh	1980–1984	P. Kandaswamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Eighth	1984–1989	P. Kandaswamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	Ninth	1989–1991	S. R. Balasubramaniam		Indian National Congress
1991	Tenth	1991–1996	S. R. Balasubramaniam		Indian National Congress
1996	Eleventh	1996–2001	P. Mohan Kandaswamy		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	Twelfth	2001–2006	P. V. Damodaran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Thirteenth	2006–2011	S. Mani		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			41.72%
2001			53.56%
1996			53.25%
1991			67.09%
1989			32.25%
1984			57.77%
1980			58.67%
1977			32.56%
1971			59.98%
1967			61.75%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Mani	47,702	41.72%
	AIADMK	P. V. Damodaran	47,703	41.73%	−11.89%
	DMDK	C. Ramesh	7,867	6.88%
	BJP	P. Uthrakumar	5,915	5.17%
	Independent	S. Govindasamy	2,329	2.04%
	SP	L. Sathishkumar	1,414	1.24%
	Independent	D. Umar Ali	758	0.66%
	Independent	Pon. Karthikeyan	717	0.63%
Margin of victory			53	0.05%	−20.40%
Turnout			114,351	74.02%	6.11%
Registered electors			154,491
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.84%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pongalur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. V. Damodaran	57,139	53.56%
	Independent	K. Chellamuthu	35,324	33.11%
	MDMK	S. Doraisamy	8,436	7.91%	−1.19%
	Independent	K. Devaraj	2,570	2.41%
	Tamil Desiyak Katchi	P. Saravana Kankeyan	1,920	1.80%
	Independent	P. Karthikeyan	785	0.74%
	Independent	N. Kanagaraj	509	0.48%
Margin of victory			21,815	20.45%	−2.10%
Turnout			106,683	67.91%	−3.32%
Registered electors			157,105
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	0.31%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pongalur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	P. Mohan Kandaswamy	51,827	53.25%
	INC	Thalapathy Murugesan	29,886	30.71%	−36.38%
	MDMK	P. R. Selvaraj	8,853	9.12%
	BJP	P. Uthirakumar	3,577	3.68%	−1.71%
	Independent	P. Kandaswamy	942	0.97%
	Independent	P. Chinnadurai	433	0.44%
	Independent	P. Nallaswamy	372	0.38%
	Independent	V. P. Mani	336	0.35%
	Independent	S. R. Kumaraswamy	330	0.34%
	Independent	P. Karthikeyan	212	0.22%
	Independent	C. Ramaraj	204	0.21%
Margin of victory			21,941	22.54%	−20.11%
Turnout			97,324	71.23%	1.80%
Registered electors			146,098
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-13.84%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pongalur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. R. Balasubramaniam	64,588	67.09%	34.83%
	DMK	P. Vijayalakshmi	23,526	24.44%	−3.14%
	BJP	S. Iianchezhian	5,187	5.39%
	PMK	R. Perumal	1,397	1.45%
	THMM	V. Murugesan	868	0.90%
	Independent	Thiruman	706	0.73%
Margin of victory			41,062	42.65%	42.20%
Turnout			96,272	69.43%	−7.92%
Registered electors			146,903
	INC hold		Swing	34.83%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pongalur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. R. Balasubramaniam	31,691	32.25%
	AIADMK	N. S. Palanisamy	31,251	31.81%	−25.96%
	DMK	P. Vijayalakshmi	27,097	27.58%
	AIADMK	K. M. Durairaj	6,923	7.05%	−50.72%
	Independent	V. P. Mani	822	0.84%
	Independent	A. Chinnavadambachery Sundarraju	470	0.48%
Margin of victory			440	0.45%	−18.92%
Turnout			98,254	77.35%	2.90%
Registered electors			130,422
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-25.52%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pongalur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Kandaswamy	46,535	57.77%	−0.91%
	Independent	N. S. Palanisamy	30,934	38.40%
	Independent	S. Govindaswamy	864	1.07%
	Independent	K. Marimuthu Gounder	855	1.06%
	Independent	K. Palanisamy	698	0.87%
	Independent	S. Chindanai Thernal	667	0.83%
Margin of victory			15,601	19.37%	−0.66%
Turnout			80,553	74.46%	10.51%
Registered electors			115,546
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-0.91%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pongalur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Kandaswamy	40,116	58.67%	26.11%
	INC	S. R. Balasubramaniam	26,420	38.64%	8.57%
	Independent	S. Sinthanai Thendral	1,834	2.68%
Margin of victory			13,696	20.03%	17.54%
Turnout			68,370	63.95%	3.17%
Registered electors			109,334
	AIADMK hold		Swing	26.11%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pongalur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Nachimuthu	20,324	32.56%
	INC	S. R. Balasubramaniam	18,769	30.07%
	DMK	Pongalur N. Palanisamy	12,944	20.74%	−39.24%
	JP	L. Deivasigamani	6,667	10.68%
	Independent	A. Chinna Nachimuthu Gounder	1,720	2.76%
	Independent	S. Muthuswamy	886	1.42%
	Independent	V. Murugan	830	1.33%
	Independent	N. Arumuga Gounder	276	0.44%
Margin of victory			1,555	2.49%	−27.24%
Turnout			62,416	60.78%	−7.62%
Registered electors			105,180
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-27.42%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pongalur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Pongalur N. Palanisamy	37,178	59.98%	−1.77%
	Independent	A. Senapathi	18,747	30.24%
	Socialist	Chinnadurai	6,060	9.78%
Margin of victory			18,431	29.73%	4.05%
Turnout			61,985	68.41%	−3.66%
Registered electors			97,076
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.77%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pongalur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. N. P. Gounder	38,371	61.75%
	INC	P. S. Rangaswamy	22,414	36.07%
	Independent	S. Gopalswamy	788	1.27%
	Independent	R. Gounder	563	0.91%
Margin of victory			15,957	25.68%
Turnout			62,136	72.07%
Registered electors			90,839
	DMK win (new seat)