Constituency
20. Thousand Lights
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-THOUSAND-LIGHTS
AIADMK 50.6%won by 5.7%DMK 44.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 5.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 43.7% to 50.6% of the vote here (+6.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 89.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,00,020
Turnout
66.8%
Valid votes
1,33,567
Margin
7,592
5.68%
Candidates
16 contested · winner AIADMK- 1VALARMATHI. BAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK67,52250.6%
- 2HASAN MOHAMED JINNAHDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK59,93044.9%
- 3PHOTO SIVA ALIAS SIVALINGAM. MBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,0982.3%
- 4THIWAN MUHAMMEDU NAHIBIJK · IJK8490.6%
- 5ARJUNAN. CPB · PB4090.3%
- 6JAYAPRAKASH. CIndependent · IND3910.3%
- 7BAHUJAN SAKTHI. S.E.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP3190.2%
- 8VALARMATHI. PIndependent · IND2730.2%
- 9RANI.SIndependent · IND1500.1%
- 10NACHIAPPAN. S.P.Independent · IND1240.1%
- 11JEGANATHAN. MIndependent · IND1130.1%
- 12SUGENDRAN. SIndependent · IND1030.1%
- 13SUBRAMANI. NIndependent · IND860.1%
- 14SUDHAKAR. MIndependent · IND800.1%
- 15ARUMUGAM. RIndependent · IND680.1%
- 16THANGALINGAM. PIndependent · IND520.0%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +8.0%
- AIADMK share
- 43.7% → 50.6%
- DMK share
- 46.0% → 44.9%
- Turnout
- — → 66.8%