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Constituency

8. Anna Nagar

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001

TN-ANNA-NAGAR

DMK 48.2%won by 3.5%PMK 44.7%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.6% to 3.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerPattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) finished second with 44.7% — it polled just 1.7% in 1996.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,60,469
Margin
5,578
3.48%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMKPMK swing
−61.9%
DMK share
67.0% 48.2%
PMK share
1.7% 44.7%
Turnout