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115. Palladam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001

TN-PALLADAM

AIADMK 55.9%won by 22.0%DMK 33.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 22.0%.

  • AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 31.1% to 55.9% of the vote here (+24.7%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
1,47,864
Margin
32,474
21.96%

Candidates

8 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1VELUSAMY.S.MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK82,59255.9%
  2. 2PONMUDI.S.SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK50,11833.9%
  3. 3PONNUSAMY.CMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK10,4107.0%
  4. 4MUTHULINGAM.S.PJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,5141.0%
  5. 5VELUSAMY.PIndependent · IND1,5141.0%
  6. 6PALANIAPPAN.K.MIndependent · IND7280.5%
  7. 7SHANMUGA SUNDARAM.K.MIndependent · IND5230.4%
  8. 8MUTHUSAMY.R.KIndependent · IND4650.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
AIADMKflipped
AIADMK–DMK swing
+46.5%
AIADMK share
31.1% → 55.9%
DMK share
55.6% → 33.9%
Turnout
— → —
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