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73. Sankarapuram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001

TN-SANKARAPURAM

PMK 45.1%won by 0.8%DMK 44.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), which now leads by 0.8%.

  • PMK vote sharePMK went from 0.0% to 45.1% of the vote here (+45.1%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 1,018 votes (0.81%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,26,271
Margin
1,018
0.81%

Candidates

9 contested · winner PMK
  1. 1KASAMPU.P.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK56,97145.1%
  2. 2UDHAYASURIYAN.T.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK55,95344.3%
  3. 3NATARAJAN.K.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK4,8423.8%
  4. 4JAYAKUMAR.N.Independent · IND4,0263.2%
  5. 5MAHADEVAN.C.Independent · IND1,6731.3%
  6. 6POOBATHI.C.Independent · IND1,1540.9%
  7. 7SARWARKHAN. EIndependent · IND7740.6%
  8. 8SHANMUGAM.S.Independent · IND4770.4%
  9. 9SUBRAMANIYAN.G.Independent · IND4010.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
PMKflipped
PMK–DMK swing
+54.5%
PMK share
0.0% → 45.1%
DMK share
53.7% → 44.3%
Turnout
— → —
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