Constituency
228. Kanniyakumari
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2006
TN-KANNIYAKUMARI
DMK 50.1%won by 8.5%AIADMK 41.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 8.5%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 42.5% to 50.1% of the vote here (+7.5%).
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
1,26,225
Margin
10,687
8.47%
Candidates
11 contested · winner DMK- 1SURESH RAJAN.NDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK63,18150.1%
- 2THALAVAI SUNDARAM.NAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK52,49441.6%
- 3ALEX SHANTHA SEKAR.ADesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK5,0934.0%
- 4THANU KRISHNAN.NBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,4362.7%
- 5RAJAN.KIndependent · IND7690.6%
- 6SUBRAMANIAPILLAI.SIndependent · IND3330.3%
- 7UTHAMAN.TAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB3170.3%
- 8GOPI.KIndependent · IND3100.2%
- 9KUMARASWAMY.SIndependent · IND1170.1%
- 10VETRI VELAYUTHAAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM1090.1%
- 11KUMARISWAMY NADAR.SIndependent · IND660.1%
Since 2001
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +17.3%
- DMK share
- 42.5% → 50.1%
- AIADMK share
- 51.3% → 41.6%
- Turnout
- — → —