Constituency
136. Sedapatti
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-SEDAPATTI
AIADMK 47.5%won by 19.3%PT 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 19.3%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 39.3% to 47.5% of the vote here (+8.2%).
- New challengerPuthiya Tamilagam (PT) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.7% between them, down from 89.0% — the field split more ways.
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
95,548
Margin
18,435
19.29%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AIADMK- 1DURAIRAJ C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK45,39347.5%
- 2BAKTHAVATCHALAM P.V.Puthiya Tamilagam · PT26,95828.2%
- 3SAKUNTHALA M. TMT.Independent · IND11,30111.8%
- 4SELVARAGAVAN N.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK9,4549.9%
- 5THANGAMUDI M.Independent · IND8790.9%
- 6RAJUTHEVAR V.Janahitha Paksha · JP6930.7%
- 7SEENIVASAN S.Independent · IND4450.5%
- 8SHANMUGARAJ S.Independent · IND4250.4%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–PT swing
- −20.0%
- AIADMK share
- 39.3% → 47.5%
- PT share
- 0.0% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- — → —