Constituency
186. Sivaganga
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-SIVAGANGA
CPI 47.8%won by 2.8%INC 45.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.3% to 2.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 45.0% — it did not contest here in 2006.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 63.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,14,027
Turnout
73.5%
Valid votes
1,57,216
Margin
4,382
2.79%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPI- 1GUNASEKARAN.SCommunist Party of India · CPI75,17647.8%
- 2RAJASEKARAN.VIndian National Congress · INC70,79445.0%
- 3RAJENDRAN.P.MBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,9571.9%
- 4KULANTHAISAMY.CIJK · IJK2,4841.6%
- 5GANDHI.RIndependent · IND1,8151.2%
- 6KALEESWARAN@KALAIYAPP AN.M.Jharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,7251.1%
- 7SUBRAMANIAN.PIndependent · IND1,6361.0%
- 8RAJKUMAR.JBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6290.4%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −31.3%
- CPI share
- 34.1% → 47.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 45.0%
- Turnout
- — → 73.5%