P. Moorthy

P. Moorthy
Minister of Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Law
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2016
Constituency	Madurai East
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	V. Chellammal
Children	2

P. Moorthy[1] is an Indian politician who is a current member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He represents Madurai East constituency as a member of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Previously, he represented Sholavandan constituency.[2][3] He also serves as Tamil Nadu's Minister of Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Law.

Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Moorthy	122,729	51.59%	+0.97
	AIADMK	R. Gopalakrishnan	73,125	30.74%	−4.6
	NTK	J. Latha	17,668	7.43%	+5.89
	MNM	I. Muthukrishnan	11,993	5.04%	New
	AMMK	T. Saravanan	6,729	2.83%	New
	None of the above	None of the above	1,944	0.82%	−0.7
	PT	A. Balamurugan	1,755	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			49,604	20.85%	5.57%
Turnout			237,892	72.31%	−2.48%
Rejected ballots			53	0.02%
Registered electors			328,990
	DMK hold		Swing	0.97%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Moorthy	108,569	50.62%	+11.32
	AIADMK	P. Pandi	75,797	35.34%	−19.95
	CPI	P. Kalithasan	11,599	5.41%	New
	BJP	M. Suseendran	6,181	2.88%	+1.39
	NTK	Sengannan	3,296	1.54%	New
	None of the above	None of the above	3,246	1.51%	New
	PMK	Alaguraja	1,113	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			32,772	15.28%	−0.71%
Turnout			214,473	74.79%	−2.39%
Registered electors			286,766
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.67%

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Tamilarasan	99,447	55.29%	New
	DMK	P. Moorthy	70,692	39.30%	New
	BJP	K. Srinivasan	2,677	1.49%	−0.14
	Independent	V. Govindaraj	2,287	1.27%	New
	IJK	K. G. Gnanasekaran	1,008	0.56%	New
	BSP	A. Dhavamani	929	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			28,755	15.99%	15.93%
Turnout			233,061	77.18%	6.34%
Registered electors			179,869
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	17.09%

References

1. "Commercial Taxes and Registration Department". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
2. "Moorthy P(DMK):Constituency- MADURAI EAST(MADURAI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
3. "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. 5 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
4. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
5. 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.