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Poonamallee ('Punamalli' or originally Poovirundhavalli) is located in the west of Chennai. it is a town in the Poonamallee taluk of the Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Presently considered to be a suburb of Chennai, it is a town with rich cultural heritage and also coping up with the fast developments of the adjacent city. As of 2011, the town had a population of 57,224.
Poonamallee is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below:
Year
Winner
Party |----
1977
D. Rajarathinam
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |----
1980
D. Rajarathinam
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |----
1984
G. Ananthakrishna
Indian National Congress |----
1989
T. R. Masilamani
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |----
1991
D. Sudarsanam
Indian National Congress |----
1996
D. Sudarsanam
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) |----
2001
S. Shanmugam
Pattali Makkal Katchi |----
2006
D. Sudarsanam
Independent |----
2011
R. Manimaran
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam