Constituency
32. Chengalpattu
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016
TN-CHENGALPATTU
DMK 45.1%won by 10.5%AIADMK 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 10.5%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 45.1% of the vote here (+45.1%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.7% between them, down from 89.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.7% to 67.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,71,109
Turnout
67.3%
Valid votes
2,49,774
Margin
26,292
10.53%
Candidates
18 contested · winner DMK- 1VARALAKSHMI.MDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,12,67545.1%
- 2KAMALAKKANNAN.RAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK86,38334.6%
- 3ARUMUGAM.KPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK20,8998.4%
- 4MURUGESAN.DDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK17,4387.0%
- 5SANJEEVINATHAN.KNTK · NTK4,0351.6%
- 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA3,5841.4%
- 7MUTHAMILSELVAN.SIJK · IJK1,5170.6%
- 8AJAY.SBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5770.2%
- 9VENKATESAN.EIndependent · IND4670.2%
- 10DURAIRAJ.LIndependent · IND4390.2%
- 11VARALAKSHMI.KIndependent · IND4060.2%
- 12VENKATESAN.RIndependent · IND2640.1%
- 13SATHISH KUMAR.GShiv Sena · SHS2350.1%
- 14RAFI.MIndependent · IND2280.1%
- 15JOTHI.GIndependent · IND2040.1%
- 16VEERAMANI.PIndependent · IND1920.1%
- 17SELVARAJ.TAIJMK · AIJMK1190.0%
- 18KUMARAN.SIndependent · IND1120.0%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- DMDK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +10.5%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 45.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- 74.0% → 67.3%