T. A. Elumalai

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

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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