Constituency
218. Kovilpatti
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2011
TN-KOVILPATTI
AIADMK 55.8%won by 20.3%PMK 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.8% to 20.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerPattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 2006.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.4% of the vote between them, up from 82.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,81,097
Turnout
72.2%
Valid votes
1,30,723
Margin
26,480
20.26%
Candidates
14 contested · winner AIADMK- 1KADAMBUR RAJU CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK73,00755.8%
- 2RAMACHANDRAN GPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK46,52735.6%
- 3MARIAPPAN PIndependent · IND2,6852.1%
- 4RENGARAJAN VBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1861.7%
- 5VISUVASAM EIndependent · IND1,2320.9%
- 6ARUMAIRAJ SBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,1070.8%
- 7KENNADY VIndependent · IND1,0680.8%
- 8RAMASAMY PIndependent · IND6790.5%
- 9MAHESHWARAN RIndependent · IND5660.4%
- 10KARTHICK RAJAN PIndependent · IND4520.3%
- 11ANNADURAI KIndependent · IND3970.3%
- 12BASKAR MIndependent · IND3700.3%
- 13KANNAMMAL GIndependent · IND2600.2%
- 14GANAPATHI MIndependent · IND1870.1%
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–PMK swing
- −26.3%
- AIADMK share
- 46.6% → 55.8%
- PMK share
- 0.0% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- — → 72.2%