Constituency
176. Vedaranyam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006
TN-VEDARANYAM
DMK 49.9%won by 4.9%AIADMK 45.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.7% to 4.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 45.0% — it did not contest here in 2001.
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
1,32,984
Margin
6,531
4.91%
Candidates
10 contested · winner DMK- 1VEDARATHINAM.S.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK66,40149.9%
- 2MANIYAN.O.SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK59,87045.0%
- 3VEERAVINAYAGAM.BDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK1,7081.3%
- 4UDAYAKUMAR.MBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,2671.0%
- 5MAHENDRAN.GSamajwadi Party · SP1,0490.8%
- 6VEDARATHINAM.GIndependent · IND8170.6%
- 7SURYA.S.TBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6310.5%
- 8KATHIRESAN.GIndependent · IND4440.3%
- 9SRINIVASAN.MIndependent · IND4290.3%
- 10RAMAMURTHI.RIndependent · IND3680.3%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −48.8%
- DMK share
- 53.7% → 49.9%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 45.0%
- Turnout
- — → —