Constituency
209. Rajapalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991
TN-RAJAPALAYAM
AIADMK 63.4%won by 29.1%TMK 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 29.1%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 63.4% of the vote here (+63.4%).
- New challengerTamilar Makkal Katchi (TMK) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — 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
1,08,212
Margin
31,488
29.10%
Candidates
9 contested · winner AIADMK- 1T. SATHIAHAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK68,65763.4%
- 2K. DHUNUSKEDITamilar Makkal Katchi · TMK37,16934.3%
- 3M. POOMARIIndependent · IND6870.6%
- 4M. SONAIIndependent · IND6400.6%
- 5T. SAKTHIVELPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3920.4%
- 6C. MANISEKARTMM · TMM2610.2%
- 7D. CHOLLATHURAI MANOPALIndependent · IND1840.2%
- 8M. MANMATHANIndependent · IND1570.1%
- 9M. P. JEYAPALIndependent · IND650.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–TMK swing
- +29.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 63.4%
- TMK share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —