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23. Saidapet

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-SAIDAPET

DMK 47.2%won by 9.7%AIADMK 37.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 9.7%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 44.0% to 47.2% of the vote here (+3.2%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.7% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 10.8% to 59.6%.

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

Electorate
2,82,052
Turnout
59.6%
Valid votes
1,68,018
Margin
16,255
9.67%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKAIADMK swing
+17.5%
DMK share
44.0% 47.2%
AIADMK share
51.8% 37.5%
Turnout
70.4% 59.6%