Constituency
21. Lawspet
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 2001
PY-LAWSPET
INC 38.5%won by 5.9%DMK 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 33.8% to 38.5% of the vote here (+4.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.2% between them, down from 88.2% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
33,573
Margin
1,967
5.86%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1SHAJAHAN .M.O.H.F.Indian National Congress · INC12,92938.5%
- 2KESAVAN .N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK10,96232.7%
- 3ELUMALAI .V.Independent · IND6,14318.3%
- 4KALAISELVI .K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,7038.1%
- 5SASIKUMAR .A.Independent · IND3150.9%
- 6PERUMAL .R.Independent · IND1630.5%
- 7GOVINDAN .S.Independent · IND1320.4%
- 8SUBRAMANIYAN .N.Independent · IND1140.3%
- 9THANIGAIMANI .R.Independent · IND1120.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +26.5%
- INC share
- 33.8% → 38.5%
- DMK share
- 54.4% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —