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14. Saidapet

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001

TN-SAIDAPET

DMK 48.1%won by 3.0%PMK 45.1%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.8% to 3.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerPattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) finished second with 45.1% — it polled just 1.3% in 1996.

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
1,29,076
Margin
3,881
3.01%

Candidates

11 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1PERUMAL.VDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK62,11848.1%
  2. 2BASKARAN.C.RPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK58,23745.1%
  3. 3SUBRAMANI.PMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK5,9964.6%
  4. 4STEPHEN DENIS.MIndependent · IND6910.5%
  5. 5GUNASEKARAN.M.LMNKPLP · MNKPLP5810.5%
  6. 6ELANGO.MIndependent · IND5160.4%
  7. 7VISWANATHAN.SIndependent · IND3270.3%
  8. 8PALANIVELU .V.KIndependent · IND2350.2%
  9. 9GOVINDSAMY.DIndependent · IND1660.1%
  10. 10PACHIAPPAN.V ALIAS EAGAI K.V. RAMKUMARIndependent · IND1120.1%
  11. 11PARAMASIVAM.CIndependent · IND970.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–PMK swing
−53.8%
DMK share
58.1% → 48.1%
PMK share
1.3% → 45.1%
Turnout
— → —
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