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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 23:45, 4 January 2022&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l99&quot;&gt;Line 99:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 2020s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 2020s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] :&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] :Ponneri}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link	|candidate=Durai. Chandrasekar	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=94,528	|percentage=44.94%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link	|candidate=Durai. Chandrasekar	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=94,528	|percentage=44.94%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=[[P. Balaraman]]	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=84,839	|percentage=40.33%	|change= -8.23%}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=[[P. Balaraman]]	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=84,839	|percentage=40.33%	|change= -8.23%}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 116:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 2010s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 2010s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] :&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] :Ponneri}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[P. Balaraman]]	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=95,979	|percentage=48.56%	|change= -8.94%}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[P. Balaraman]]	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=95,979	|percentage=48.56%	|change= -8.94%}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Parimalam K Doctor	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=76,643	|percentage=38.78%	|change= 0.48%}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Parimalam K Doctor	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=76,643	|percentage=38.78%	|change= 0.48%}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 159:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 2000s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 2000s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Ponneri}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[P. Balaraman]] |votes=84,259   |percentage=48.09%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[P. Balaraman]] |votes=84,259   |percentage=48.09%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Anbuvanan.V  |votes=73,170   |percentage=41.76%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Anbuvanan.V  |votes=73,170   |percentage=41.76%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 194:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1990s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1990s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:Ponneri}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[K. Sundaram]] |votes=87,547   |percentage=61.72%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[K. Sundaram]] |votes=87,547   |percentage=61.72%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Gunasekaran. G.  |votes=42,156   |percentage=29.72%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Gunasekaran. G.  |votes=42,156   |percentage=29.72%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l228&quot;&gt;Line 228:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 228:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1980s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1980s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:Ponneri}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[K. Sundaram]] |votes=51,928   |percentage=44.53%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[K. Sundaram]] |votes=51,928   |percentage=44.53%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate ||party= AIADMK(JL)  |candidate =Tamizharasan. K  |votes=44,321   |percentage=38.01%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate ||party= AIADMK(JL)  |candidate =Tamizharasan. K  |votes=44,321   |percentage=38.01%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l279&quot;&gt;Line 279:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 279:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1970s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1970s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:Ponneri}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |candidate =[[S. M. Dorairaj]]  |votes=31,796   |percentage=42.64%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |candidate =[[S. M. Dorairaj]]  |votes=31,796   |percentage=42.64%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =G. Vetriveeran  |votes=20,524   |percentage=27.53%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =G. Vetriveeran  |votes=20,524   |percentage=27.53%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l297&quot;&gt;Line 297:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 297:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box end}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box end}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:Ponneri}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[P. Nagalingam]] |votes=39,783   |percentage=58.39%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[P. Nagalingam]] |votes=39,783   |percentage=58.39%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate =[[T. P. Elumalai]] |votes=21,650   |percentage=31.77%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate =[[T. P. Elumalai]] |votes=21,650   |percentage=31.77%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l312&quot;&gt;Line 312:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 312:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1960s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1960s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]:Ponneri}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = [[P. Nagalingam]]  |votes=37,746   |percentage=56.61%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = [[P. Nagalingam]]  |votes=37,746   |percentage=56.61%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate = [[T. P. Elumalai]]  |votes=27,751   |percentage=41.62%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate = [[T. P. Elumalai]]  |votes=27,751   |percentage=41.62%  |change=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 327:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box end}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box end}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] :&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] :Ponneri}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[T. P. Elumalai]]	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=26,125	|percentage=48.41%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[T. P. Elumalai]]	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=26,125	|percentage=48.41%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=P. Nagalingam	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=15,721	|percentage=29.13%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=P. Nagalingam	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=15,721	|percentage=29.13%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1950s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Elections in the 1950s ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] : &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}			&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] : Ponneri}}			&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=V. Govindasami Naidu	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=32,119	|percentage=25.94%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=V. Govindasami Naidu	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=32,119	|percentage=25.94%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[T. P. Elumalai|T. P. Elumalai (SC)]]	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=31,392	|percentage=25.35%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[T. P. Elumalai|T. P. Elumalai (SC)]]	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=31,392	|percentage=25.35%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box end}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box end}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] : &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Ponneri &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]&lt;/del&gt;}}			&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box begin|title=	[[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] : Ponneri}}			&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=O. Chengam Pillai	|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|votes=27,489	|percentage=27.67%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=O. Chengam Pillai	|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|votes=27,489	|percentage=27.67%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=Gajapathi Reddiar	|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|votes=25,626	|percentage=25.79%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=Gajapathi Reddiar	|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|votes=25,626	|percentage=25.79%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox state assembly constituency&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox state assembly constituency&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| image                  =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| image                  = &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Constitution-Ponneri.svg&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| caption                =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| caption                =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| Existence              = 1952 - present&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| Existence              = 1952 - present&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l9&quot;&gt;Line 9:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 9:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| ElectedByYear          = 2021&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| ElectedByYear          = 2021&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| State                  = [[Tamil Nadu]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| State                  = [[Tamil Nadu]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| Electorate             = 2,&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;50&lt;/del&gt;,&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;381&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;http&lt;/del&gt;://www.elections.tn.gov.in/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Reports&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;AC%20wise%20Final%20electoral%20count-29April2016.xlsx&lt;/del&gt;.pdf&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|access-date=11 April 2019&lt;/del&gt;|title=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016|website=Tamil Nadu &lt;/del&gt;Election &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Commission &lt;/del&gt;|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;20160508231757&lt;/del&gt;/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Reports&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;AC%20wise%20Final%20electoral%20count-29April2016.xlsx&lt;/del&gt;.pdf |archive-date=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;8 May 2016&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| Electorate             = 2,&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;67&lt;/ins&gt;,&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;345&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https&lt;/ins&gt;://www.elections.tn.gov.in/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Form21E_TNLA2021&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;AC002&lt;/ins&gt;.pdf |title=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Form 21E (Return of &lt;/ins&gt;Election&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;) &lt;/ins&gt;|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;20211222055858&lt;/ins&gt;/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Form21E_TNLA2021&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;AC002&lt;/ins&gt;.pdf |archive-date=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;22 Dec 2021&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| Reservation            = SC&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| Reservation            = SC&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| Successful Party       = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (7 times)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| Successful Party       = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (7 times)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l109&quot;&gt;Line 109:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 109:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Ashok Priyadarshan. S	|party=Independent politician	|votes=470	|percentage=0.22%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Ashok Priyadarshan. S	|party=Independent politician	|votes=470	|percentage=0.22%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Sugumar. K	|party=Independent politician	|votes=298	|percentage=0.14%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Sugumar. K	|party=Independent politician	|votes=298	|percentage=0.14%	|change= }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=9,689	|percentage=4.61%	|change=-5.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;18&lt;/del&gt;% }}		&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=9,689	|percentage=4.61%	|change=-5.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;17&lt;/ins&gt;% }}		&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box turnout	|votes=210,&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;354	&lt;/del&gt;|percentage=78.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;68&lt;/del&gt;%	|change=	-0.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;26&lt;/del&gt;%	}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box turnout	|votes=210,&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;054	&lt;/ins&gt;|percentage=78.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;57&lt;/ins&gt;%	|change=	-0.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;36&lt;/ins&gt;%	}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 267,&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;368	&lt;/del&gt;|change = }}			&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Election box rejected|votes=203 |percentage=0.10% }}&lt;/ins&gt;{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 267,&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;345	&lt;/ins&gt;|change = }}			&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Indian National Congress	|loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	-3.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;62&lt;/del&gt;%	}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Indian National Congress	|loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	-3.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;56&lt;/ins&gt;%	}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box end}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Election box end}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l375&quot;&gt;Line 375:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 375:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{reflist}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{reflist}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|title= Statistical reports of assembly elections|access-date= 8 July 2010|publisher= Election Commission of India|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date= 5 October 2010}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|title= Statistical reports of assembly elections|access-date= 8 July 2010|publisher= Election Commission of India|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date= 5 October 2010}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* {{Cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=Election commisson of India |access-date= 28 Dec 2021}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox state assembly constituency&lt;br /&gt;
| image                  = &lt;br /&gt;
| caption                = &lt;br /&gt;
| Existence              = 1952 - present&lt;br /&gt;
| CurrentMLAParty        = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]&lt;br /&gt;
| CurrentMLA             = Durai. Chandrasekar 	&lt;br /&gt;
| ElectedByYear          = 2021&lt;br /&gt;
| State                  = [[Tamil Nadu]]&lt;br /&gt;
| Electorate             = 2,50,381&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Reports/AC%20wise%20Final%20electoral%20count-29April2016.xlsx.pdf|access-date=11 April 2019|title=Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016|website=Tamil Nadu Election Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508231757/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Reports/AC%20wise%20Final%20electoral%20count-29April2016.xlsx.pdf |archive-date=8 May 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| Reservation            = SC&lt;br /&gt;
| Successful Party       = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (7 times)&lt;br /&gt;
}} &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ponneri&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a [[Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu|state assembly]] constituency in [[Tiruvallur district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], India.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url= http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/Const_map/map.htm |title= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map |website= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |access-date= 23 January 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The seat is [[reservation in India|reserved]] for candidates from the [[Scheduled Caste]]s. It comprises a portion of [[Ponneri taluk]] and is a part of [[Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvallur constituency]] for national elections to the [[Parliament of India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url= http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Tamilnadu/Final%20Notification%20&amp;amp;%20Order%20.pdf |title= Tamil Nadu - Final Notification &amp;amp; Order |website= Delimitation Commission of India |publisher= National Informatics Centre |access-date= 25 January 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Madras State ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;50%&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&amp;quot;|Year&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&amp;quot;|Winner&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; | Party&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1952]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[O. Chengam Pillai]] and [[Gajapathi Reddiar]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1957]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[V. Govindasami Naidu]] and [[T. P. Elumalai]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|  1962&lt;br /&gt;
| [[T. P. Elumalai]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1967]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[P. Nagalingam]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Tamil Nadu ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;50%&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&amp;quot;|Year&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&amp;quot;|Winner&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; | Party&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1971]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[P. Nagalingam]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1977]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[S. M. Dorairaj]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[R. Chakrapani]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[K. P. K. Sekar]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1989]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[K. Sundaram]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1991]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[E. Ravikumar]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[K. Sundaram]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[A. S. Kannan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[P. Balaraman]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Pon. Raja]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[P. Balaraman]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/09-Constitutional%20Data%20Summarytamil.pdf |access-date=27 May 2016|page=2}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]&lt;br /&gt;
| Durai. Chandrasekar &lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Election Results==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Elections in the 2020s ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] :[[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link	|candidate=Durai. Chandrasekar	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=94,528	|percentage=44.94%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=[[P. Balaraman]]	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=84,839	|percentage=40.33%	|change= -8.23%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Maheswari. A	|party=Naam Tamilar Katchi	|votes=19,027	|percentage=9.05%	|change= 8.23%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Desingurajan. D	|party=Makkal Needhi Maiam	|votes=5,394	|percentage=2.56%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=[[Pon. Raja]]	|party=Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=2,832	|percentage=1.35%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Nota	|party=None of the above	|votes=1,554	|percentage=0.74%	|change= -0.42%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Bhavani Ilavenil. J	|party=Bahujan Samaj Party	|votes=1,106	|percentage=0.53%	|change= -0.06%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Ashok Priyadarshan. S	|party=Independent politician	|votes=470	|percentage=0.22%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link	|candidate=Sugumar. K	|party=Independent politician	|votes=298	|percentage=0.14%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=9,689	|percentage=4.61%	|change=-5.18% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=210,354	|percentage=78.68%	|change=	-0.26%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 267,368	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Indian National Congress	|loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	-3.62%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Elections in the 2010s ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] :[[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[P. Balaraman]]	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=95,979	|percentage=48.56%	|change= -8.94%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Parimalam K Doctor	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=76,643	|percentage=38.78%	|change= 0.48%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Pandian A	|party=Pattali Makkal Katchi	|votes=9,586	|percentage=4.85%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Senthil Kumar V	|party=Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	|votes=5,566	|percentage=2.82%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=None Of The Above	|party=None of the above	|votes=2,284	|percentage=1.16%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Ganesan K	|party=Bharatiya Janata Party	|votes=2,067	|percentage=1.05%	|change= 0.23%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Vinoth Babu S	|party=Naam Tamilar Katchi	|votes=1,620	|percentage=0.82%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Raja S	|party=Bahujan Samaj Party	|votes=1,152	|percentage=0.58%	|change= -0.24%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Kotteeswaran K	|party=YSR Congress Party	|votes=696	|percentage=0.35%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Rukumangadan L	|party=Independent politician	|votes=640	|percentage=0.32%	|change= -0.39%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Dilli Babu V	|party=Independent politician	|votes=536	|percentage=0.27%	|change= -0.45%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=19,336	|percentage=9.78%	|change=-9.42% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=197,648	|percentage=78.93%	|change=	-1.50%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 250,403	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link	|winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	-8.94%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ponneri (State Assembly Constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=[[Pon. Raja]]|votes=93,624|percentage=57.50|change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=Manimekalai A|votes=62,354|percentage=38.29|change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Raja S|votes=1,347|percentage=0.83|change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ganesan K|votes=1,335|percentage=0.82|change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate |&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = [[Independent politician|IND.]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  =  Jayakanthan S&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,167&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.72&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      = 31,270&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage = 19.21&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,62,888|percentage=80.46|change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
   |winner  =   All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
   |swing      = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Elections in the 2000s ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[P. Balaraman]] |votes=84,259   |percentage=48.09%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Anbuvanan.V  |votes=73,170   |percentage=41.76%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam  |candidate =Angamuthu.S  |votes=13,508   |percentage=7.71%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Mani.E  |votes=1,649   |percentage=0.94%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation  |candidate =Janakiraman.S  |votes=1,185   |percentage=0.68%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Bahujan Samaj Party  |candidate =Natarajan.S  |votes=865   |percentage=0.49%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=11,089   |percentage=6.33%  |change=-12.04%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=175,229   |percentage=70.61%  |change=-60.53%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = Communist Party of India&lt;br /&gt;
|swing= -6.50%&lt;br /&gt;
}} {{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ponneri (State Assembly Constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India  |candidate =Kannan.A.S.  |votes=81,408   |percentage=54.58%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[K. Sundaram]]  |votes=54,018   |percentage=36.22%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Duraikkannu.P.  |votes=4,319   |percentage=2.90%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Devarajan.G  |votes=3,753   |percentage=2.52%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Rathinam.A.D.  |votes=2,211   |percentage=1.48%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Puratchi Bharatham  |candidate =Jayaseelan.M  |votes=1,326   |percentage=0.89%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=27,390   |percentage=18.36%  |change=-13.63%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=149,143   |percentage=61.24%  |change=-6.56%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=Communist Party of India&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam &lt;br /&gt;
|swing= -7.13%&lt;br /&gt;
}} {{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Elections in the 1990s ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:[[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[K. Sundaram]] |votes=87,547   |percentage=61.72%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Gunasekaran. G.  |votes=42,156   |percentage=29.72%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Krishnamoorthy. R.  |votes=7,379   |percentage=5.20%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation  |candidate =Janakiraman. S.  |votes=1,923   |percentage=1.36%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Paccikrisawamy. C.  |votes=1,443   |percentage=1.02%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Bharatiya Janata Party  |candidate =Annamalai. M.  |votes=867   |percentage=0.61%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=45,391   |percentage=32.00%  |change=-3.59%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=141,856   |percentage=67.8%  |change=1.15%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|swing= -5.03%&lt;br /&gt;
}} {{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ponneri (State Assembly Constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Ravikumar E.  |votes=77,374   |percentage=66.75%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Parthasarathy K.  |votes=36,121   |percentage=31.16%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Pattali Makkal Katchi  |candidate =Nagappan R.  |votes=4,965   |percentage=4.28%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate ||party= TMM  |candidate =Prabakaran G.S.  |votes=582   |percentage=0.50%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Bahujan Samaj Party  |candidate =Ravi S.  |votes=480   |percentage=0.41%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=41,253   |percentage=35.59%  |change=29.06%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=115,922   |percentage=66.65%  |change=-4.63%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|swing= 22.22%&lt;br /&gt;
}} {{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Elections in the 1980s ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:[[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[K. Sundaram]] |votes=51,928   |percentage=44.53%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate ||party= AIADMK(JL)  |candidate =Tamizharasan. K  |votes=44,321   |percentage=38.01%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Indian National Congress  |candidate =Yasodha. D  |votes=14,410   |percentage=12.36%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate ||party= AIADMK(JR)  |candidate =Sekar K.P.K. Alias Kulasekaran.&amp;lt;!--check--&amp;gt; K.P.  |votes=5,280   |percentage=4.53%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Paramannandhan. M  |votes=360   |percentage=0.31%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Ramamoorthi.&amp;lt;!--check--&amp;gt; P.M.  |votes=217   |percentage=0.19%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=7,607   |percentage=6.52%  |change=-12.57%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=116,616   |percentage=71.28%  |change=-5.13%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|swing= -14.52%&lt;br /&gt;
}} {{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ponneri (State Assembly Constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =K. P. K. Sekar Alias K. P. Kulasekaran  |votes=61,559   |percentage=59.05%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[K. Sundaram]]  |votes=41,655   |percentage=39.96%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =K. N. Arumugam  |votes=520   |percentage=0.50%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Rathinam  |votes=510   |percentage=0.49%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=19,904   |percentage=19.09%  |change=1.13%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=104,244   |percentage=76.41%  |change=14.01%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = &lt;br /&gt;
|swing= 7.98%&lt;br /&gt;
}} {{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ponneri (State Assembly Constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Chakarapani.R  |votes=42,408   |percentage=51.07%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =Nagalingam.P  |votes=27,490   |percentage=33.11%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Vetriveeran.G  |votes=7,508   |percentage=9.04%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Janata Party  |candidate =Munivel.R.S  |votes=4,619   |percentage=5.56%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Sivalingam.K  |votes=350   |percentage=0.42%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Seemen.Thalapathy.C.V  |votes=313   |percentage=0.38%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=14,918   |percentage=17.97%  |change=2.85%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=83,033   |percentage=62.4%  |change=5.89%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = &lt;br /&gt;
|swing= 8.43%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Elections in the 1970s ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:[[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |candidate =[[S. M. Dorairaj]]  |votes=31,796   |percentage=42.64%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =G. Vetriveeran  |votes=20,524   |percentage=27.53%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Janata Party  |candidate =V. Nargunam  |votes=14,170   |percentage=19.00%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate =K.N. Arumugam  |votes=6,422   |percentage=8.61%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =G. Chinnaraj  |votes=1,085   |percentage=1.46%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =A.P.Elumalai  |votes=564   |percentage=0.76%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=11,272   |percentage=15.12%  |change=-11.50%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=74,561   |percentage=56.51%  |change=-16.69%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|swing= -15.74%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]:[[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =[[P. Nagalingam]] |votes=39,783   |percentage=58.39%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate =[[T. P. Elumalai]] |votes=21,650   |percentage=31.77%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =C K Manickam  |votes=6,703   |percentage=9.84%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=18,133   |percentage=26.61%  |change=11.62%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=68,136   |percentage=73.2%  |change=-3.91%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = &lt;br /&gt;
|swing= 1.77%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Elections in the 1960s ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]:[[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = [[P. Nagalingam]]  |votes=37,746   |percentage=56.61%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate = [[T. P. Elumalai]]  |votes=27,751   |percentage=41.62%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate = A. P. Elumalai  |votes=1,177   |percentage=1.77%  |change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=9,995   |percentage=14.99%  |change=-4.29%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|  |votes=66,674   |percentage=77.11%  |change=13.12%}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link| |&lt;br /&gt;
|winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam&lt;br /&gt;
|loser = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
|swing= 17.43%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] :[[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[T. P. Elumalai]]	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=26,125	|percentage=48.41%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=P. Nagalingam	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=15,721	|percentage=29.13%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=C. K. Manickam	|party=Communist Party of India	|votes=9,092	|percentage=16.85%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=A. Dharma Lingam	|party=Independent politician	|votes=1,035	|percentage=1.92%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=A. P. Elumalai	|party=Independent politician	|votes=995	|percentage=1.84%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=P. B. Jeevaratnam	|party=Independent politician	|votes=569	|percentage=1.05%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=G. A. Ramadoss	|party=Independent politician	|votes=429	|percentage=0.79%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=10,404	|percentage=19.28%	|change=18.69% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=53,966	|percentage=63.99%	|change=	-8.44%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 89,125	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|loser=Indian National Congress	|swing=	22.47%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Elections in the 1950s ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] : [[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=V. Govindasami Naidu	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=32,119	|percentage=25.94%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[T. P. Elumalai|T. P. Elumalai (SC)]]	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=31,392	|percentage=25.35%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=T. Shanmugam	|party=Independent politician	|votes=14,995	|percentage=12.11%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Changam Pillai (Sc)	|party=Independent politician	|votes=13,639	|percentage=11.01%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=M. Jayaram Reddi	|party=Independent politician	|votes=10,873	|percentage=8.78%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=C. K. Manickam (Sc)	|party=Communist Party of India	|votes=8,306	|percentage=6.71%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=M. Kuppuswami (Sc)	|party=Independent politician	|votes=4,872	|percentage=3.93%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Elimalai S/O Palayam (Sc)	|party=Independent politician	|votes=4,570	|percentage=3.69%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Thirvenkata Naicker	|party=Independent politician	|votes=3,069	|percentage=2.48%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=727	|percentage=0.59%	|change=-1.29% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=123,835	|percentage=72.43%	|change=	-1.01%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 170,967	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Indian National Congress	|loser=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|swing=	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] : [[Ponneri (state assembly constituency)|Ponneri]]}}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=O. Chengam Pillai	|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|votes=27,489	|percentage=27.67%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=Gajapathi Reddiar	|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|votes=25,626	|percentage=25.79%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=M. Bhaktavatsalam	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=17,985	|percentage=18.10%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=C. Lakshmana Pillai	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=14,510	|percentage=14.61%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=M. P. B. Jeevaratham	|party=Independent politician	|votes=9,200	|percentage=9.26%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Venkatakrishna Sarma	|party=Independent politician	|votes=4,007	|percentage=4.03%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=K. Manavalan	|party=Republican Party of India	|votes=529	|percentage=0.53%	|change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=1,863	|percentage=1.88%	|change=1.88% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=99,346	|percentage=73.44%	|change=		}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 135,266	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box new seat win	|winner=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|loser=	|swing=		}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|title= Statistical reports of assembly elections|access-date= 8 July 2010|publisher= Election Commission of India|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date= 5 October 2010}}&lt;br /&gt;
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