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Constituency

62. Chengam

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-CHENGAM

DMK 45.6%won by 6.0%AIADMK 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 6.0%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 45.6% of the vote here (+45.6%).
  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 39.6% — it did not contest here in 2011.

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

Electorate
2,50,015
Turnout
84.2%
Valid votes
2,10,403
Margin
12,691
6.03%

Candidates

16 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1GIRI .M.PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK95,93945.6%
  2. 2DINAGARAN. MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK83,24839.6%
  3. 3MURUGAN. CPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK15,1147.2%
  4. 4KALAIARASI .ADesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK8,0073.8%
  5. 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,4030.7%
  6. 6DHINAKARAN. SIndependent · IND1,2550.6%
  7. 7DHINAKARAN. HIndependent · IND1,1510.5%
  8. 8BASKARAN. M.RBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9480.5%
  9. 9KARUPPAN. VBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8840.4%
  10. 10VENNILA.SNTK · NTK6660.3%
  11. 11MURUGAN. RIndependent · IND4250.2%
  12. 12SUGUMAR. SIndependent · IND4130.2%
  13. 13PANDU. MGMI · GMI3130.1%
  14. 14KASI. GIndependent · IND2350.1%
  15. 15ANBALAGAN. SVVIP · VVIP2090.1%
  16. 16KRISHNAVENI.PSamajwadi Party · SP1930.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
DMDK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+6.0%
DMK share
0.0% → 45.6%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 39.6%
Turnout
84.3% → 84.2%
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