Constituency
78. Rishivandiam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016
TN-RISHIVANDIAM
DMK 47.1%won by 10.4%AIADMK 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 10.4%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 47.1% of the vote here (+47.1%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 36.7% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 80.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,44,427
Turnout
80.5%
Valid votes
1,96,697
Margin
20,503
10.42%
Candidates
20 contested · winner DMK- 1KARTHIKEYAN.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK92,60747.1%
- 2DHANDAPANI.KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK72,10436.7%
- 3VINCENT JAYARAJ.VJPDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK14,2397.2%
- 4PANDIYAN.KPPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK8,1484.1%
- 5BARATH.SIndependent · IND1,7100.9%
- 6RAPHAEL RAJ.CIndependent · IND1,0900.6%
- 7CHANDRASEKARAN.VIndependent · IND1,0220.5%
- 8SAKTHIVEL.SBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9180.5%
- 9None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA8670.4%
- 10MUNIYAN.KNTK · NTK7820.4%
- 11JAYARAMAN.SIndependent · IND6300.3%
- 12SANDHANAM.MIndependent · IND5130.3%
- 13KARTHIK.RIndependent · IND4940.3%
- 14SENTHILKUMAR.MIJK · IJK4060.2%
- 15DHANDAPANI.DIndependent · IND3220.2%
- 16ELUMALAI.NVVIP · VVIP2390.1%
- 17KAMALAKANNAN.MIndependent · IND2120.1%
- 18RADHAKRISHNAN.CIndependent · IND1860.1%
- 19SHANKAR.SYSP · YSP1190.1%
- 20ANBAZHAGAN.MIndependent · IND890.0%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- DMDK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +10.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 47.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- 82.9% → 80.5%