Constituency
59. Dharmapuri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-DHARMAPURI
DMDK 45.7%won by 2.4%PMK 43.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) lost it to Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), which now leads by 2.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMDK vote shareDMDK went from 11.5% to 45.7% of the vote here (+34.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.1% of the vote between them, up from 82.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,15,940
Turnout
77.9%
Valid votes
1,68,248
Margin
4,043
2.40%
Candidates
11 contested · winner DMDK- 1BASKAR ADesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK76,94345.7%
- 2SANTHAMOORTHY PPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK72,90043.3%
- 3RAJA P SIndependent · IND6,9374.1%
- 4PRABAKARAN KBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,8321.7%
- 5VENKATESH KIndependent · IND2,6301.6%
- 6SIVAN RIndependent · IND1,7141.0%
- 7VENKATACHALAM CIndependent · IND1,0800.6%
- 8SELVAM KBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0680.6%
- 9PRABHU PIndependent · IND9110.5%
- 10NALLENDRAN SIndependent · IND6700.4%
- 11CHINNASAMY GIndependent · IND5630.3%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PMK
- Winner now
- DMDKflipped
- DMDK–PMK swing
- +42.5%
- DMDK share
- 11.5% → 45.7%
- PMK share
- 51.6% → 43.3%
- Turnout
- — → 77.9%