Poompuhar (பூம்புகார்) — Constituency #162

Winner (2021)

DMK

Nivedha M. Murugan

Margin

3,299

votes

Total Votes

2,07,838

78.09% turnout

Type

GEN

General

🗳️ 2026 Candidates

5 Candidates

PM

P. Moorthy 🏠 Incumbent

DMK · DMK+ Alliance · Won 2021

DMK

SK

Sellur K. Raju

AIADMK · NDA (ADMK+) · First time

AIADMK

BI

Bala Iyengar

TVK · TVK (Solo) · First time

TVK

IN

Ilango Natarajan

NTK · NTK (Solo) · Contested 2021

NTK

MN

Meena Natarajan

IND · Independent · First time

IND

2021 Results

Nivedha M. Murugan

DMK · 46.2%

96,102

S.Pavunraj

AIADMK · 44.7%

92,803

Others

9.1%

18,933

✓ Nivedha M. Murugan (DMK) won by a margin of 3,299 votes

Constituency History

2016 AIADMK Won

+19,935 margin

PAVUNRAJ.S AIADMK

45.5%

87,666

SHAJAHAN.A.M IUML

35.1%

67,731

Others OTH

19.4%

37,361

2011 AIADMK Won

+11,373 margin

PAVUNRAJ.S AIADMK

50.7%

85,839

AGORAM.K PMK

43.9%

74,466

Others OTH

5.4%

9,152

* Historical data provided by TCPD Lok Dhaba.

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