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6. Purasawalkam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006

TN-PURASAWALKAM

DMK 47.0%won by 3.9%AIADMK 43.2%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 3.9%.

  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 43.2% — it did not contest here in 2001.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
1,91,680
Margin
7,385
3.85%

Candidates

20 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1BABU, V.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK90,16847.0%
  2. 2VENKATESHBABUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK82,78343.2%
  3. 3JACQUELENE GOMEZDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK12,6916.6%
  4. 4ELUMALAI, V.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,0191.1%
  5. 5KAMALAAKANNAN, J.Samajwadi Party · SP7690.4%
  6. 6RAJA, K.Independent · IND6030.3%
  7. 7PRATHABAN, S.Independent · IND5520.3%
  8. 8VENKATESAN, G.Independent · IND4080.2%
  9. 9BALACHANDAR, V.G.Independent · IND3480.2%
  10. 10SATHIYASEELAN, N.Independent · IND1840.1%
  11. 11BABU, M.R.S.Independent · IND1610.1%
  12. 12VASANTHA KUMARI, A.Loktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1470.1%
  13. 13SENTHIL VADIVELAN, S.P.Independent · IND1390.1%
  14. 14BASKAR, B.Independent · IND1370.1%
  15. 15SATHISH KUMAR, V.Independent · IND1280.1%
  16. 16GIRIJATNJC · TNJC1210.1%
  17. 17AYYAVOO, V.Independent · IND1010.1%
  18. 18SUGUMAR, P.Independent · IND770.0%
  19. 19KUMARAN, K.Independent · IND720.0%
  20. 20GOPI, K.Independent · IND720.0%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
−44.7%
DMK share
48.5% → 47.0%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 43.2%
Turnout
— → —
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