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36. Katpadi

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006

TN-KATPADI

DMK 57.4%won by 23.3%AIADMK 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 23.3%.

  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 34.2% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,51,130
Margin
35,147
23.26%

Candidates

12 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1DURAIMURUGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK86,82457.4%
  2. 2NARAYANAN.BAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK51,67734.2%
  3. 3RADHAKRISHANAN.SDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK8,4925.6%
  4. 4SURESH.V.RBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,5431.0%
  5. 5JAGANATHAN.KIndependent · IND7790.5%
  6. 6STEEPAN.V.KSamajwadi Party · SP5500.4%
  7. 7MURALI.VIndependent · IND4870.3%
  8. 8MUTHIYAL.MIndependent · IND3600.2%
  9. 9PERRINBAM.AIndependent · IND1440.1%
  10. 10PANDURANGAN.PIndependent · IND960.1%
  11. 11PANCHATCHARAM.KIndependent · IND930.1%
  12. 12KANNAN.K.AIndependent · IND850.1%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
−26.2%
DMK share
49.5% → 57.4%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 34.2%
Turnout
— → —
35. Arcot37. Gudiyattam
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