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207. Sivakasi

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001

TN-SIVAKASI

TMCM 42.5%won by 3.7%DMK 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

TMCM held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.3% to 3.7%.

  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 38.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.2% of the vote between them, up from 68.0% — 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
1,55,367
Margin
5,721
3.68%

Candidates

9 contested · winner TMCM
  1. 1RAJAGOPAL ATMCM · TMCM65,95442.5%
  2. 2THANGARAJ VDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK60,23338.8%
  3. 3RAVICHANDRAN AMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK24,44715.7%
  4. 4JEEVANANDHAM GIndependent · IND1,5931.0%
  5. 5LOURDURAJ GPB · PB1,1520.7%
  6. 6NALLAMUTHU SIndependent · IND7160.5%
  7. 7VELMURUGAN AIndependent · IND5830.4%
  8. 8THIYAGARAJAN ALIAS YOGA NADAR P.I.DIndependent · IND4260.3%
  9. 9KRISHNASAMY GIndependent · IND2630.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
TMCM
Winner now
TMCM
TMCM–DMK swing
−36.5%
TMCM share
40.1% → 42.5%
DMK share
0.0% → 38.8%
Turnout
— → —
206. Virudhunagar208. Srivilliputhur
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