Constituency
161. Varahur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-VARAHUR
AIADMK 52.8%won by 12.0%DMK 40.7%
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 12.0%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 32.4% to 52.8% of the vote here (+20.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 84.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,15,731
Margin
13,904
12.01%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1ARUNACHALAM.AAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK61,06452.8%
- 2THIRUVALLUVAN.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK47,16040.7%
- 3PALANIMUTHU R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,2782.8%
- 4KALYANA SUNDARAM PJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,6672.3%
- 5RAJENDIRAN.PBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5621.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +31.6%
- AIADMK share
- 32.4% → 52.8%
- DMK share
- 52.0% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- — → —