Constituency
67. Arani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-ARANI
DMDK 50.1%won by 4.5%DMK 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), which now leads by 4.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMDK vote shareDMDK went from 4.5% to 50.1% of the vote here (+45.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.6% of the vote between them, up from 90.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,15,794
Turnout
82.4%
Valid votes
1,77,723
Margin
7,966
4.48%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMDK- 1BABU MURUGAVEL.R.MDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK88,96750.1%
- 2SIVANANDHAM.RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK81,00145.6%
- 3GOPI.PBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,6390.9%
- 4GANESAN.ABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4590.8%
- 5MURUGAVEL.KIndependent · IND1,3270.7%
- 6KUMAR.DIndependent · IND1,0330.6%
- 7BALAJI.SIndependent · IND8910.5%
- 8BABU.NIndependent · IND8330.5%
- 9MALAR.CIndependent · IND5730.3%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMDKflipped
- DMDK–DMK swing
- +49.4%
- DMDK share
- 4.5% → 50.1%
- DMK share
- 49.4% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → 82.4%