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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-AVADI

AIADMK 39.9%won by 0.5%DMK 39.4%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.7% to 0.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 39.4% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.3% between them, down from 88.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.9% to 67.9%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
3,98,613
Turnout
67.9%
Valid votes
2,70,732
Margin
1,395
0.52%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMKDMK swing
−54.7%
AIADMK share
55.2% 39.9%
DMK share
0.0% 39.4%
Turnout
71.8% 67.9%