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68. Chidambaram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006

TN-CHIDAMBARAM

AIADMK 50.7%won by 15.1%CPIM 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 15.1%.

  • AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 50.7% of the vote here (+50.7%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 2001.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.3% between them, down from 93.9% — 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
1,11,066
Margin
16,810
15.14%

Candidates

18 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1ARUNMOZHIDEVAN.A.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK56,32750.7%
  2. 2BALAKRISHNAN.K.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM39,51735.6%
  3. 3RAJAMANNAN.PDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK10,3039.3%
  4. 4SRINIVASAN.A.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,0540.9%
  5. 5VELMURUGAN.PIndependent · IND9540.9%
  6. 6VINOBA.CIndependent · IND7970.7%
  7. 7BARATHIDASAN.KBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4530.4%
  8. 8SUNDARAVINAYAGAM.NIndependent · IND3260.3%
  9. 9BALAKRISHNAN.RIndependent · IND2750.2%
  10. 10JAISANKAR.PIndependent · IND2070.2%
  11. 11BALAKRISHNAN.KIndependent · IND1470.1%
  12. 12VASU.SSamajwadi Party · SP1260.1%
  13. 13BALAKRISHNAN.KIndependent · IND1150.1%
  14. 14BARATHIMOHAN.KAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB1140.1%
  15. 15RAMACHANDRAN.GIndependent · IND1070.1%
  16. 16ABDUL ALI.AIndependent · IND970.1%
  17. 17ARCHUNAN.TIndependent · IND830.1%
  18. 18ABDULHALIM.AIndependent · IND640.1%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
AIADMKflipped
AIADMK–CPIM swing
+15.1%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 50.7%
CPIM share
0.0% → 35.6%
Turnout
— → —
67. Kattumannarkoil69. Vridhachalam
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