Constituency
187. Kumbakonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-KUMBAKONAM
DMK 51.2%won by 5.5%AIADMK 45.7%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.2% to 5.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
1,18,242
Margin
6,496
5.49%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1MANI KO.SI.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK60,51551.2%
- 2ERAMANATHAN.RAMAAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK54,01945.7%
- 3STALIN R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK1,4801.3%
- 4JAYASANKAR.A.Independent · IND8850.7%
- 5DEVADOS.G. KUPPALIndependent · IND6510.6%
- 6RETHINAKUMAR .PIndependent · IND3660.3%
- 7BALAKRISHNAN N.Independent · IND1730.1%
- 8GANESHKUMAR.K.Independent · IND1530.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −25.7%
- DMK share
- 61.7% → 51.2%
- AIADMK share
- 30.5% → 45.7%
- Turnout
- — → —