Constituency
59. Dharmapuri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016
TN-DHARMAPURI
DMK 34.2%won by 4.7%AIADMK 29.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 4.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 34.2% of the vote here (+34.2%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 29.6% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.8% between them, down from 89.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.3% to 82.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,52,311
Turnout
82.2%
Valid votes
2,07,476
Margin
9,676
4.66%
Candidates
16 contested · winner DMK- 1SUBRAMANI. P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK71,05634.2%
- 2ELANGOVAN. P.D.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK61,38029.6%
- 3SENTHIL. R. DR.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK56,72727.3%
- 4ELANGOVAN. V. DR.Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK9,3484.5%
- 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,2511.1%
- 6ARUMUGAM. M.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,6060.8%
- 7RUKMANIDEVI. R.NTK · NTK1,2130.6%
- 8VIJAYASARATHI. N.DR.Independent · IND8120.4%
- 9MADHAIYAN. K.KMDK · KMDK5700.3%
- 10SREENIVASAN.R.K.YSP · YSP5250.3%
- 11MOHAN SBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4950.2%
- 12RAGUPATHI. N.GMI · GMI4730.2%
- 13ILANGOVAN. V.Independent · IND3260.2%
- 14RADHA.P.Nationalist Congress Party · NCP2970.1%
- 15SIVAN. K.UCPI · UCPI2580.1%
- 16GOVINDARAJU. S.Tamilar Makkal Katchi · TMK1390.1%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- DMDK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +4.7%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 34.2%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 29.6%
- Turnout
- 77.9% → 82.2%