Constituency
101. Dharapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-DHARAPURAM
AIADMK 51.7%won by 9.3%DMK 42.4%
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 9.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 40.8% to 51.7% of the vote here (+10.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.1% of the vote between them, up from 85.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,05,145
Turnout
79.1%
Valid votes
1,62,248
Margin
15,025
9.26%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1PONNUSAMY.KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK83,85651.7%
- 2JAYANTHI.RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK68,83142.4%
- 3KARUNAKARAN.PBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3532.1%
- 4RAJESH.RIndependent · IND2,8821.8%
- 5ARUMUGAM.SBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3780.8%
- 6SUNDRARASU.AIndependent · IND1,1590.7%
- 7DORAISAMY.DIndependent · IND7890.5%
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
- +13.1%
- AIADMK share
- 40.8% → 51.7%
- DMK share
- 44.7% → 42.4%
- Turnout
- — → 79.1%