Constituency
209. Rajapalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-RAJAPALAYAM
AIADMK 47.6%won by 7.4%DMK 40.2%
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 7.4%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 24.0% to 47.6% of the vote here (+23.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.9% of the vote between them, up from 62.6% — 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
1,29,633
Margin
9,595
7.40%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AIADMK- 1RAJASEKAR M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK61,74047.6%
- 2RAJAN V.P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK52,14540.2%
- 3RAMANATHAN P.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK12,6139.7%
- 4VELLAICHAMY.MIndependent · IND1,2801.0%
- 5RAMACHANDRAN.TIndependent · IND7360.6%
- 6MUTHUSAMY.MIndependent · IND4870.4%
- 7MANMATHAN .M.Independent · IND3330.3%
- 8MUNIASAMY P.Independent · IND2990.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +22.0%
- AIADMK share
- 24.0% → 47.6%
- DMK share
- 38.6% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- — → —