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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = N. A. Poongavanam<br />
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| birth_date = 1927<br />
| birth_place = Nayakkanthoppu<br />
| death_date = <br />
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| party = [[Communist Party of India]]<br />
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| occupation = Politician<br />
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| office1 = Member-Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly<br />
| constituency1 = [[Katpadi Assembly constituency|Katpadi]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1980<br />
| term_end1 = 1984<br />
| predecessor1 = [[M. A. Jayavelu]]<br />
| successor1 = [[G. Ragupathi]] <br />
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'''N. A. Poongavanam''' is an [[Indian politician]] and a former Member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for the [[Katpadi Assembly constituency]]. Poongavanam is a party member of [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI). He contested and won the Katpadi Assembly constituency in the [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] on behalf of the Communist Party of India.<ref>"1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2017-05-08</ref><ref>தமிழ்நாடு சட்டமன்றப் பேரவை “யார் - எவர்” 1980. சென்னை: தமிழ்நாடு சட்டமன்றப் பேரவைச் செயலகம். ஏப்ரல் 1981. p. 384-385.</ref><br />
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==Electoral Performance==<br />
===1980===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Katpadi<ref>{{cite web| last = Election Commission of India| title = Statistical Report on General Election 1980| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006231656/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf| archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=N. A. Poongavanam |party=Communist Party of India |votes=31,918 |percentage=46.48% |change= ''New'' }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. K. Shanmugasundaram |party=Indian National Congress |votes=26,639 |percentage=38.79% |change=+34.37 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=T. R. Ranga Reddy |party=Janata Party |votes=7,214 |percentage=10.50% |change= ''New'' }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. A. Jayavelu |party=Independent politician |votes=2,905 |percentage=4.23% |change= ''New'' }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=5,279 |percentage=7.69% |change= 1.02% }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=68,676 |percentage=57.64% |change= -5.08% }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 121,387 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Communist Party of India |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 8.30% }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1980–1984]]<br />
[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:1927 births]]<br />
[[Category:Possibly living people]]</div>DebraToney89