Constituency
186. Valangiman
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-VALANGIMAN
AIADMK 57.9%won by 24.9%PT 33.1%
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 24.9%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 29.1% to 57.9% of the vote here (+28.8%).
- New challengerPuthiya Tamilagam (PT) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.0% of the vote between them, up from 79.9% — 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
94,385
Margin
23,477
24.87%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1BOOPATHI MARIAPPAN TMTAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK54,67757.9%
- 2NADAIYAZHAGAN .TPuthiya Tamilagam · PT31,20033.1%
- 3THIAGARAJAN .MMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,2983.5%
- 4GOMATHI SRINIVASANIndependent · IND1,8131.9%
- 5G. MARIMUTHUIndependent · IND1,4121.5%
- 6S. PRABAKARANIndependent · IND1,0601.1%
- 7KASTHURI.SIndependent · IND9251.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–PT swing
- −4.2%
- AIADMK share
- 29.1% → 57.9%
- PT share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —