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5. Perambur

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001

TN-PERAMBUR

CPM 52.4%won by 13.0%DMK 39.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 13.0%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 6.7% to 52.4% of the vote here (+45.7%).

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
1,32,799
Margin
17,223
12.97%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1MAHENDRAN K.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM69,61352.4%
  2. 2CHENGAI SIVAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK52,39039.5%
  3. 3R.NATARAJANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK4,0553.1%
  4. 4S.RAVIIndependent · IND2,7022.0%
  5. 5R.GUNASEKARANIndependent · IND1,7001.3%
  6. 6K.RAMA RAOIndependent · IND1,0120.8%
  7. 7J.MEGANATHANIndependent · IND4920.4%
  8. 8MURTHY.GIndependent · IND3580.3%
  9. 9S.THAMILARASIIndependent · IND2500.2%
  10. 10M.V.MURALIIndependent · IND2270.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–DMK swing
+73.6%
CPM share
6.7% → 52.4%
DMK share
67.3% → 39.5%
Turnout
— → —
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