Constituency
36. Katpadi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-KATPADI
DMK 49.5%won by 6.2%PMK 43.3%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.3% to 6.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK).
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
1,29,746
Margin
8,002
6.17%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1DURAIMURUGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK64,18749.5%
- 2NATARAJAN A.K.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK56,18543.3%
- 3SATCHIDANANDAM DMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK2,9232.3%
- 4SELLAPANDIYAN S.Independent · IND1,9971.5%
- 5DEENADHAYALAN G.PB · PB1,5631.2%
- 6VELMURUGAN M.Independent · IND1,0710.8%
- 7VENKATESAN KIndependent · IND7810.6%
- 8SELVAM A.N.Independent · IND7660.6%
- 9MOHAN JRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD2730.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–PMK swing
- −50.9%
- DMK share
- 61.2% → 49.5%
- PMK share
- 4.1% → 43.3%
- Turnout
- — → —