Election
Constituency

158. Chidambaram

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011

TN-CHIDAMBARAM

CPM 48.3%won by 1.9%DMK 46.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 1.9%.

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 48.3% of the vote here (+48.3%).
  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 46.4% — it did not contest here in 2006.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.7% of the vote between them, up from 86.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
1,91,446
Turnout
77.9%
Valid votes
1,49,166
Margin
2,879
1.93%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1K.BALAKRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM72,05448.3%
  2. 2SRIDHAR VANDAIYARDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK69,17546.4%
  3. 3V.KANNANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,0342.7%
  4. 4R. PANNEERLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,0100.7%
  5. 5C.VINOBAIndependent · IND9330.6%
  6. 6S.SANKARIndependent · IND5910.4%
  7. 7A.ARULPRAKASAMIndependent · IND4780.3%
  8. 8K.SATHYAMOORTHYIndependent · IND4590.3%
  9. 9K.CHELLAIAHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4320.3%

Since 2006

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–DMK swing
+1.9%
CPM share
0.0% → 48.3%
DMK share
0.0% → 46.4%
Turnout
— → 77.9%
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