Constituency
62. Chengam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-CHENGAM
DMDK 46.9%won by 6.4%INC 40.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), which now leads by 6.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMDK vote shareDMDK went from 12.7% to 46.9% of the vote here (+34.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,11,656
Turnout
84.3%
Valid votes
1,78,325
Margin
11,497
6.45%
Candidates
10 contested · winner DMDK- 1SURESH@SURESHKUMAR.TDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK83,72246.9%
- 2SELVAPERUNTHAGAI.KIndian National Congress · INC72,22540.5%
- 3SURESHKUMAR.RIndependent · IND8,5434.8%
- 4JAYARAMAN.ABharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,4652.5%
- 5KUMAR.RIndependent · IND2,5111.4%
- 6MANI.MIJK · IJK1,6700.9%
- 7SUBRAMANIAN.A.VBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6360.9%
- 8SANKAR.KIndependent · IND1,3640.8%
- 9SURESH.TIndependent · IND1,3470.8%
- 10ANBAZHAGAN.P.GIndependent · IND8420.5%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMDKflipped
- DMDK–INC swing
- +36.5%
- DMDK share
- 12.7% → 46.9%
- INC share
- 42.7% → 40.5%
- Turnout
- — → 84.3%