Constituency
156. Thottiyam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006
TN-THOTTIYAM
INC 34.8%won by 0.0%MDMK 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 34.8% of the vote here (+34.8%).
- New challengerMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) finished second with 34.8% — it polled just 1.4% in 2001.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.6% between them, down from 87.5% — 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
1,23,642
Margin
53
0.04%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1RAJASEKHARAN M.Indian National Congress · INC43,08034.8%
- 2NATARAJAN R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK43,02734.8%
- 3KANNAIYAN KIndependent · IND17,16613.9%
- 4MANOHARAN P.Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK12,44510.1%
- 5BASKAR V.P.Independent · IND1,7901.4%
- 6NATESAN N.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,7091.4%
- 7SARASWATHI GBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6351.3%
- 8SENTHILKUMAR P.Independent · IND1,4251.2%
- 9USHA CIndependent · IND7190.6%
- 10KRISHNAN RIndependent · IND6460.5%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–MDMK swing
- +1.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 34.8%
- MDMK share
- 1.4% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- — → —