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212. Kovilpatti

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001

TN-KOVILPATTI

CPI 40.3%won by 7.9%DMK 32.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 7.9%.

  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.6% of the vote between them, up from 63.7% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,13,726
Margin
9,039
7.95%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RAJENDRAN .S.Communist Party of India · CPI45,79640.3%
  2. 2RAJARAM .KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,75732.3%
  3. 3VISHVAMITHRAN .KMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK27,80924.5%
  4. 4MARIAPPAN. MIndependent · IND1,8811.7%
  5. 5AYYALUSAMY.RIndependent · IND7570.7%
  6. 6MUTHURAJAN K.GTLK · TLK7260.6%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–DMK swing
−27.2%
CPI share
35.2% → 40.3%
DMK share
0.0% → 32.3%
Turnout
— → —
211. Ottapidaram213. Sankarankovil
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