Constituency
101. Mettuppalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991
TN-METTUPPALAYAM
AIADMK 60.8%won by 34.8%DMK 26.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 34.8%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 60.8% of the vote here (+60.8%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.8% of the vote between them, up from 50.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,19,873
Margin
41,739
34.82%
Candidates
13 contested · winner AIADMK- 1SULOCHANA L.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK72,91260.8%
- 2ARUNKUMAR B.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK31,17326.0%
- 3NANDAKUMAR SRIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,0175.9%
- 4SIVASAMY M.R.IFTP · IFTP6,3255.3%
- 5PALANICHAMI R.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK6280.5%
- 6THRILOKASUNDAR K.Janahitha Paksha · JP4730.4%
- 7RAMASAMY V.Independent · IND3450.3%
- 8TAMILSSELVAN K.AMI · AMI3110.3%
- 9SELVAM T.R.Independent · IND1800.2%
- 10PONNUCHAMI N.Independent · IND1800.2%
- 11DHAMODHARAN V.TMM · TMM1300.1%
- 12VELUMANI M.Independent · IND1010.1%
- 13SUBBAN S.S.Independent · IND980.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +34.8%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 60.8%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 26.0%
- Turnout
- — → —