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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Dr.K. Ponmudi
| caption = Dr.K.Ponmudi
| birth_date = 19 August 1950
| birth_place = T. Edaiyar, Tirukoilur Taluk, [[South Arcot]] district, Madras.
| residence = Villupuram
| office = [[Department of Higher Education (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Higher Education]], [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| term_start = 07 May 2021
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[M. K. Stalin]]
| predecessor = [[K. P. Anbalagan]]
| successor =
| term_start1 = 13 May 2006
| term_end1 = 15 May 2011
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| predecessor1 = [[C. V. Shanmugam]]
| successor1 = [[P. Palaniappan]]
| office5 = [[Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Transport & Highways]] [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| term_start5 = 13 May 1996
| term_end5 = 13 May 2001
| office6 = Minister for Health, [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| term_start6 = 27 January 1989
| term_end6 = 30 January 1991
| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata6 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| spouse = Visalakshi<ref>http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Web/Affidavits2011/74/PONMUDI.K.pdf</ref>
| children = Dr Gowtham Sigamani,Dr Ashok Sigamani<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/political-heirs-on-the-horizon/articleshow/68103488.cms|title = Political heirs on the horizon | Chennai News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
| footnotes =
}}

'''K. Ponmudi''' (born Deivasigamani K, 19 August 1950) is an Indian Tamil and [[Higher education]] Minister of [[Tamil Nadu|Tamilnadu]]. He was the minister for higher education in Tamil Nadu state of India from 2006 to 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tn.gov.in/tamiltngov/tnassembly/ministers-tam.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209140322/http://www.tn.gov.in/tamiltngov/tnassembly/ministers-tam.htm |archive-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was born in T. Edaiyar in the [[Villupuram district]]. He has a bachelor's degree in law, a master's degree in history, political science and public Administration and a doctorate in political science. He is an alumnus of [[Annamalai University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/alumni_distinguish.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119100815/http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/alumni_distinguish.htm |archive-date=19 November 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Before entering professional politics, he was a professor in the Villupuram government college. He has been elected to the [[Tamil Nadu]] assembly five times. From 1989 to 1991 during [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] rule he was the Minister for Health, and from 1996 to 2001 he was Minister for Transport and Highways.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tamiluniversity.ac.in/english/university/pro_chancellor.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107051900/http://www.tamiluniversity.ac.in/english/university/pro_chancellor.html |archive-date=7 January 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=102 K. Ponmudy profile at TN government website]</ref> He authored a book titled ''Dravidian Movement in India and Black Movement in the U.S.A.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnteu.in/pro-chancellor1.html |title=::Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University:: |publisher=Tnteu.in |date= |accessdate=2018-06-05}}</ref>

==Elections Contested and Results==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!width=150|Elections
!width=100|Constituency
!width=70|Party
!width=70|Result
!width=70|Vote percentage
!width=100|Opposition Candidate
!width=70|Opposition Party
!width=70|Opposition vote percentage
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]]||[[Villupuram (state assembly constituency)|Villupuram]] ||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||Won|| 47.18||ABDUL LATHEEF S||[[Indian National Congress|INC]]||23.39<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1989 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3333-tamil-nadu-1989/}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=FFA07A|[[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]]||[[Villupuram (state assembly constituency)|Villupuram]] ||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||Lost|| 33.37||D. JANAARDHANAN ||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]||48.82<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1991 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3335-tamil-nadu-1991/}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]]||[[Villupuram (state assembly constituency)|Villupuram]] ||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||Won|| 58.24||PANNEERSELVAM, S.S.||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]||25.90<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3336-tamil-nadu-1996/}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]||[[Villupuram (state assembly constituency)|Villupuram]] ||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||Won|| 47.45||R.PASUPATHY||[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]||45.86<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2001 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3338-tamil-nadu-2001/}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]]||[[Villupuram (state assembly constituency)|Villupuram]] ||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||Won|| 46.87||PASUPATHY.R||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]||40.56<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2006 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3339-tamil-nadu-2006/}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=FFA07A|[[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]]||[[Villupuram (state assembly constituency)|Villupuram]] ||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||Lost|| 45.19||SHANMUGAM.C.V||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]||52.18<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2011 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3340-tamil-nadu-2011/}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016]]||[[Tirukkoyilur (state assembly constituency)|Tirukkoyilur]] ||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||Won|| 49.80||GOTHANDARAMAN G||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]||37.44<ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2016, Election Commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3473-tamil-nadu-general-legislative-election-2016/?do=download&csrfKey=8555dba886d8cafe8d781d065aa9c151}}</ref>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||[[Tirukkoyilur (state assembly constituency)|Tirukkoyilur]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||Won|| 56.56||VAT.KALIVARADHAN||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||26.14<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS2276.htm?ac=76|access-date=2021-07-01|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>
|}

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