Constituency
188. Melur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-MELUR
AIADMK 55.7%won by 15.9%DMK 39.9%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.3% to 15.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 39.9% — it did not contest here in 2006.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,98,652
Turnout
77.5%
Valid votes
1,54,050
Margin
24,462
15.88%
Candidates
11 contested · winner AIADMK- 1SAMY RAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK85,86955.7%
- 2RANI RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK61,40739.9%
- 3DHARMALINGAM P VBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,6081.0%
- 4SARASUKUMAR VAIRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0800.7%
- 5GOPALAKRISHNAN MRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD8560.6%
- 6VETRIVEL GIndependent · IND8360.5%
- 7ALAGAR LIndependent · IND7690.5%
- 8MUTHU PIndependent · IND5890.4%
- 9PITCHAI RIndependent · IND3850.2%
- 10SUBRAMANI VIndependent · IND3400.2%
- 11KANNAN CIndependent · IND3110.2%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- −31.4%
- AIADMK share
- 47.3% → 55.7%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 39.9%
- Turnout
- — → 77.5%