Constituency
171. Kumbakonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-KUMBAKONAM
DMK 48.7%won by 0.8%AIADMK 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.3% to 0.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 1,272 votes (0.79%) — among the closest results anywhere.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,00,372
Turnout
80.5%
Valid votes
1,61,408
Margin
1,272
0.79%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1ANBALAGAN.GDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK78,64248.7%
- 2ERAMANATHAN.RAMAAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK77,37047.9%
- 3ANNAMALAI.PLBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,6061.0%
- 4DHASNAMURTHI.M.B.SIJK · IJK1,0870.7%
- 5RAJKUMAR.GBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7270.5%
- 6VIJAYALAKSHMI KUDANTHI.SIndependent · IND6490.4%
- 7PANIMAYAMARYRAJ.MIndependent · IND5550.3%
- 8MOHAN.RIndependent · IND4780.3%
- 9SUBRAMANIAN.PIndependent · IND2940.2%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −10.5%
- DMK share
- 52.2% → 48.7%
- AIADMK share
- 40.9% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- — → 80.5%