Constituency
167. Tiruchirapalli-Ii
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-TIRUCHIRAPALLI-II
DMK 52.1%won by 12.8%INC 39.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.1% to 12.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 1996.
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
1,08,715
Margin
13,944
12.83%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1ANBIL PERIASAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK56,59852.1%
- 2SELVARAJ P.C.Indian National Congress · INC42,65439.2%
- 3C. KANNAIYANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK7,2896.7%
- 4RAMANAN .SIndependent · IND7890.7%
- 5VARATHARAJ .LJanahitha Paksha · JP5100.5%
- 6MARUTHAMUTHU .TGMK · GMK5080.5%
- 7SELVARAJ .AIndependent · IND3670.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–INC swing
- −55.4%
- DMK share
- 68.2% → 52.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 39.2%
- Turnout
- — → —