Pon. Raja is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Ponneri constituency, which is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.[1]

The elections of 2016 resulted in his constituency being won by P. Balaraman.[2]

Electoral performance

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ponneri[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Pon. Raja 93,624 57.50% +9.41
DMK A. Manimekalai 62,354 38.29% -3.46
BSP S. Raja 1,347 0.83% New
BJP K. Ganesan 1,335 0.82% New
Independent S. Jayakanthan 1,167 0.72% New
Margin of victory 31,270 19.20% 12.88%
Turnout 1,62,835 80.43% 9.82%
Registered electors 2,02,449
AIADMK hold Swing 9.41%

References

  1. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ^ "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.


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