Constituency
132. Dindigul
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-DINDIGUL
CPM 58.8%won by 26.5%PMK 32.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 26.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 58.8% of the vote here (+58.8%).
- New challengerPattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) finished second with 32.4% — it did not contest here in 2006.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.2% of the vote between them, up from 75.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,92,479
Turnout
76.8%
Valid votes
1,47,805
Margin
39,115
26.46%
Candidates
15 contested · winner CPM- 1BALABHARATHI.K.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM86,93258.8%
- 2PAUL BASKAR .JPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK47,81732.4%
- 3BOSE. P.G.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,7613.9%
- 4GANESAN VAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM2,0141.4%
- 5PALANICHAMY.MIndependent · IND1,1070.7%
- 6MUTHUVEERAN.M.Rashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP9450.6%
- 7BASKARAN.PBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7110.5%
- 8NAGENDHARAN. S.IJK · IJK5860.4%
- 9NAGOORGANI.MIndependent · IND5020.3%
- 10ABUTHAHIR.AIndependent · IND2710.2%
- 11NAGAKANNIGA.AIndependent · IND2700.2%
- 12SELVARAJ.IAIJMK · AIJMK2580.2%
- 13GRACI MESRALLO.SIndependent · IND2410.2%
- 14AROCKIA SAMY. PPB · PB2320.2%
- 15KARTHIKEYAN.SIndependent · IND1580.1%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPIM
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–PMK swing
- +26.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 58.8%
- PMK share
- 0.0% → 32.4%
- Turnout
- — → 76.8%