Constituency
65. Kurinjipadi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006
TN-KURINJIPADI
DMK 45.6%won by 1.5%MDMK 44.1%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.3% to 1.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,23,708
Margin
1,915
1.55%
Candidates
12 contested · winner DMK- 1PANNEERSELVAM.M.R.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK56,46245.6%
- 2RAMALINGAM.N.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK54,54744.1%
- 3SUNDARAMOORTHY.R.Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK8,5416.9%
- 4SARAVANASUNDARAM.D.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,0020.8%
- 5HARI KRISHNAN.G.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP6360.5%
- 6KALIYAMOORTHY.C.Rashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP5900.5%
- 7BALASUBRAMANIAN.AIndependent · IND5150.4%
- 8PAZHNI MURUGAN.V.Independent · IND4310.3%
- 9KANTHARAJAN.BIndependent · IND3340.3%
- 10CHANDRA.P.Independent · IND2760.2%
- 11MURALIDHARAN.S.Janata Dal (United) · JDU2060.2%
- 12KANNAPPAN.R.Independent · IND1680.1%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–MDMK swing
- −48.8%
- DMK share
- 55.8% → 45.6%
- MDMK share
- 5.5% → 44.1%
- Turnout
- — → —