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82. Dharmapuri

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006

TN-DHARMAPURI

PMK 51.6%won by 20.5%MDMK 31.1%

What changed here

Derived

Pattali Makkal Katchi held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.1% to 20.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK).
  • 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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Valid votes
1,47,708
Margin
30,207
20.45%

Candidates

15 contested · winner PMK
  1. 1VELUSAMY. LPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK76,19551.6%
  2. 2SAMPATH V.SMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK45,98831.1%
  3. 3BHASKAR. ADesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK17,03011.5%
  4. 4JAGANATHAN. MIndependent · IND1,4241.0%
  5. 5BABU @ BABUJI. DIndependent · IND1,3910.9%
  6. 6GNANAVELAVAN. KIndependent · IND1,1460.8%
  7. 7R. BOOPATHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9960.7%
  8. 8GOVINDARAJ. KCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL7590.5%
  9. 9SELVAM. KBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5720.4%
  10. 10SAMPATH H.MIndependent · IND5660.4%
  11. 11PANDIARAJAN. JBDMK · BDMK5000.3%
  12. 12KANDASAMY. M.KIndependent · IND3210.2%
  13. 13MAHENDIRAN. DIndependent · IND2770.2%
  14. 14RAMAKRISHNAN. PIndependent · IND2760.2%
  15. 15SAMPATH. CIndependent · IND2670.2%

Since 2001

Derived
Winner then
PMK
Winner now
PMK
PMK–MDMK swing
−19.2%
PMK share
46.7% → 51.6%
MDMK share
7.0% → 31.1%
Turnout
— → —
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