Constituency
168. Thiruverumbur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-THIRUVERUMBUR
DMK 47.3%won by 8.0%CPM 39.3%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.2% to 8.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
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
1,29,508
Margin
10,373
8.01%
Candidates
12 contested · winner DMK- 1SEKARAN K.N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK61,25447.3%
- 2RANGARAJAN T.K.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM50,88139.3%
- 3THANGARAJ NMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK11,5628.9%
- 4DURAI K.Independent · IND2,0741.6%
- 5VARATHARAJAN SIndependent · IND9010.7%
- 6SEKARIndependent · IND7730.6%
- 7THIRUMANI E.Independent · IND5880.5%
- 8APPADURAI TIndependent · IND4090.3%
- 9ANABALAGAN NIndependent · IND3000.2%
- 10MAHALINGAM K.Independent · IND2860.2%
- 11RAWTHERSHA S.Independent · IND2830.2%
- 12RATHINAMIndependent · IND1970.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–CPM swing
- −45.7%
- DMK share
- 62.6% → 47.3%
- CPM share
- 8.9% → 39.3%
- Turnout
- — → —