Constituency
136. Sedapatti
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006
TN-SEDAPATTI
AIADMK 43.5%won by 2.1%DMK 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 2.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 41.4% — it did not contest here in 2001.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.8% of the vote between them, up from 75.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
97,990
Margin
2,049
2.09%
Candidates
11 contested · winner AIADMK- 1DURAIRAJ.CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK42,59043.5%
- 2THALAPATHI.GDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK40,54141.4%
- 3SAMUNDEESWARI.ADesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK11,09911.3%
- 4SANTHAKUMAR.KBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,1191.1%
- 5RAMADURAI.PAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB7450.8%
- 6VASIMALAI.PIndependent · IND5040.5%
- 7DHAMOTHARAN.VIndependent · IND3660.4%
- 8SURESH.AJanata Dal (United) · JDU3650.4%
- 9SUNDARAMOORTHY.VIndependent · IND2730.3%
- 10MOHAMMED SALEEM.MIndependent · IND2640.3%
- 11NALLATHAMBI.N.S.V.TNJC · TNJC1240.1%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- −45.4%
- AIADMK share
- 47.5% → 43.5%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- — → —