Constituency
148. Dindigul
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006
TN-DINDIGUL
CPIM 43.7%won by 12.4%MDMK 31.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), which now leads by 12.4%.
- CPIM vote shareCPIM went from 0.0% to 43.7% of the vote here (+43.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 92.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,52,748
Margin
18,949
12.41%
Candidates
11 contested · winner CPIM- 1BALABARATHI.KCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPIM66,81143.7%
- 2SELVARAGAVAN.N.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK47,86231.3%
- 3KARTHIKEYAN.GDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK27,28717.9%
- 4PRABHAKAR.J.C.DSamajwadi Party · SP2,9701.9%
- 5THIRUMALAI BALAJI.T.ABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1341.4%
- 6SIVANATHAN.KBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,2900.8%
- 7MUTHUVEERAN .MRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP1,1540.8%
- 8ARUNACHALAM. MPNK · PNK1,1070.7%
- 9PALANICHAMY.AIndependent · IND1,0450.7%
- 10THANIKODI. SAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB6320.4%
- 11NAGUCHAMY NADAR. NJanata Dal (United) · JDU4560.3%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPIMflipped
- CPIM–MDMK swing
- +15.5%
- CPIM share
- 0.0% → 43.7%
- MDMK share
- 3.1% → 31.3%
- Turnout
- — → —