P. Moorthy 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. He also serves as Tamil Nadu's Minister of Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Law.
Electoral performance
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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% |
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| Turnout | 237,892 | 72.31% | -2.48% |
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| Rejected ballots | 53 | 0.02% | |
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| Registered electors | 328,990 | | |
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| DMK hold | Swing | 0.97% | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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% |
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| Turnout | 214,473 | 74.79% | -2.39% |
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| Registered electors | 286,766 | | |
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| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -4.67% | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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% |
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| Turnout | 233,061 | 77.18% | 6.34% |
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| Registered electors | 179,869 | | |
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| AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 17.09% | |
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