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49. Jolarpet

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-JOLARPET

AIADMK 45.6%won by 6.1%DMK 39.5%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.7% to 6.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 39.5% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.1% between them, down from 95.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
2,23,488
Turnout
81.0%
Valid votes
1,81,084
Margin
10,991
6.07%

Candidates

13 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1VEERAMANI.K.C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK82,52545.6%
  2. 2KAVITHA.CDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK71,53439.5%
  3. 3PONNUSAMY.GPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK17,5169.7%
  4. 4FAYAZ BASHA.ADesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK3,5091.9%
  5. 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,4830.8%
  6. 6THIRUMALAI.AVBMP · VBMP1,2240.7%
  7. 7OVEYAM RANJAN.NBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,0210.6%
  8. 8THENMOZHI.ANTK · NTK8680.5%
  9. 9LATHA.MBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7000.4%
  10. 10VEERAMANI.PIndependent · IND2360.1%
  11. 11SATHISH.CIndependent · IND1980.1%
  12. 12VEERAMANI.M.S.Independent · IND1580.1%
  13. 13SIVAKUMAR.V.C.Independent · IND1120.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMK–DMK swing
−49.1%
AIADMK share
55.1% → 45.6%
DMK share
0.0% → 39.5%
Turnout
81.6% → 81.0%
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