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11. Chepauk

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006

TN-CHEPAUK

DMK 51.0%won by 12.7%IND 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.4% to 12.7%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 38.3% — it polled just 0.8% in 2001.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.2% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.

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
67,082
Margin
8,526
12.71%

Candidates

20 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1KARUNANIDHI, M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK34,18851.0%
  2. 2DAWOON MIAKHANIndependent · IND25,66238.3%
  3. 3NARAYANASAMY, B.Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK3,6815.5%
  4. 4SIVANESAN, R.N.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,1241.7%
  5. 5ELANTHIRUMARANLKPT · LKPT6691.0%
  6. 6MOHAMED MEERA, A.Independent · IND3490.5%
  7. 7MIA KHANIndependent · IND2720.4%
  8. 8SUBRAMANI, N.Independent · IND2380.4%
  9. 9KARUNANIDHI, M.Independent · IND2230.3%
  10. 10DALIT KUDIMAHAN T.D.K.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP1050.2%
  11. 11SAI GANESHIndependent · IND1020.2%
  12. 12PADMARAJAN, DR. K.Independent · IND910.1%
  13. 13JAFFAR ALI, AIndependent · IND880.1%
  14. 14BALAJI VENKATESWARAN,Independent · IND690.1%
  15. 15BALAJI, B.Rashtriya Lok Dal · RLD510.1%
  16. 16RAGHURAMANIndependent · IND440.1%
  17. 17AMEEDIUS, G.Independent · IND350.1%
  18. 18SATHYAVELU, M.Independent · IND340.1%
  19. 19VENUGOPAL, D.V.Independent · IND300.0%
  20. 20SUBBIAH, J.Independent · IND270.0%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–IND swing
−38.4%
DMK share
51.9% → 51.0%
IND share
0.8% → 38.3%
Turnout
— → —
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