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206. Virudhunagar

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001

TN-VIRUDHUNAGAR

TMCM 42.7%won by 3.5%DMK 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 3.5%.

  • TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 42.7% of the vote here (+42.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.9% of the vote between them, up from 62.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,15,815
Margin
4,017
3.47%

Candidates

12 contested · winner TMCM
  1. 1DAMODARAN S.TMCM · TMCM49,41342.7%
  2. 2A.R.R.SEENIVASANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,39639.2%
  3. 3R.VARATHARAJANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK14,69512.7%
  4. 4RAJAILANGO.MIndependent · IND2,5952.2%
  5. 5A.S.A. ARUMUGAMJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,0900.9%
  6. 6P.S.A. UMAR FAROOKIndependent · IND1,0400.9%
  7. 7RAJA.M.GIndependent · IND6200.5%
  8. 8RAAMAMOORTHY.KIndependent · IND2710.2%
  9. 9R.MARANIndependent · IND2300.2%
  10. 10R.BABUIndependent · IND1760.2%
  11. 11PALANICHAMY. VIndependent · IND1460.1%
  12. 12P.K.SUNDARARAJIndependent · IND1430.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
TMCMflipped
TMCM–DMK swing
+45.0%
TMCM share
0.0% → 42.7%
DMK share
41.5% → 39.2%
Turnout
— → —
205. Sattur207. Sivakasi
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