Election
Constituency

58. Villupuram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006

TN-VILLUPURAM

DMK 46.9%won by 6.3%AIADMK 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.6% to 6.3%.

  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 40.6% — it did not contest here in 2001.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% between them, down from 93.3% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,54,600
Margin
9,748
6.31%

Candidates

14 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1PONMUDY.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK72,46246.9%
  2. 2PASUPATHY.RAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK62,71440.6%
  3. 3DURAISAMY.DDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK13,6218.8%
  4. 4VETRISELVAN.VIndependent · IND1,5231.0%
  5. 5SUKUMAR.VBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9940.6%
  6. 6MOHAMAD JAKKIRIYA.MIndependent · IND8450.5%
  7. 7VAIKUNTHAN.VBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8040.5%
  8. 8RAVICHANDRAN.VIndependent · IND6900.4%
  9. 9PRAKASAM.VIndependent · IND3210.2%
  10. 10MOHAMED ALI JINNA.MIndependent · IND2210.1%
  11. 11ELANTHIRAIYAN.DIndependent · IND1440.1%
  12. 12PALANI.GIndependent · IND1170.1%
  13. 13KALIYAMOORTHY.EIndependent · IND750.0%
  14. 14SADAGOPAN.KIndependent · IND690.0%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
−41.1%
DMK share
47.4% → 46.9%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 40.6%
Turnout
— → —
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