Constituency
184. Karaikudi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-KARAIKUDI
AIADMK 51.0%won by 11.2%INC 39.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 11.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 36.3% to 51.0% of the vote here (+14.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.8% of the vote between them, up from 85.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,26,934
Turnout
74.4%
Valid votes
1,68,797
Margin
18,900
11.20%
Candidates
10 contested · winner AIADMK- 1PALANICHAMY.CHOLAN.CTAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK86,10451.0%
- 2RAMASAMY.KRIndian National Congress · INC67,20439.8%
- 3CHIDAMBARAM.VBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,1942.5%
- 4ASAITHAMBI.SIJK · IJK3,8952.3%
- 5BALUSWAMY.NBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,2721.3%
- 6RAJKUMAR.RIndependent · IND1,7281.0%
- 7ANANDHAKUMAR.SJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM9990.6%
- 8KARASINGAM.RIndependent · IND8850.5%
- 9RABIQ RAJA.KIndependent · IND7720.5%
- 10MAHESWARAN.UIndependent · IND7440.4%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–INC swing
- +23.6%
- AIADMK share
- 36.3% → 51.0%
- INC share
- 48.7% → 39.8%
- Turnout
- — → 74.4%