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123. Pollachi

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-POLLACHI

AIADMK 46.6%won by 7.9%DMK 38.7%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.4% to 7.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 38.7% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.2% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 77.7%.

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

Electorate
2,17,007
Turnout
77.7%
Valid votes
1,68,616
Margin
13,368
7.93%

Candidates

16 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1POLLACHI V JAYARAMANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK78,55346.6%
  2. 2TAMILMANI R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK65,18538.7%
  3. 3NITHYANANDHAN K.KMDK · KMDK7,7224.6%
  4. 4SIVAKUMAR R.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,3633.2%
  5. 5MUTHUKUMAR S.Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK4,8932.9%
  6. 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,2541.3%
  7. 7UMAMAHESWARI K.NTK · NTK1,3690.8%
  8. 8TAMILMANI K.Independent · IND8070.5%
  9. 9KANNAPPAN V.S.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK7470.4%
  10. 10MANICKAVEL R.Independent · IND4300.3%
  11. 11KALAIVANAN V.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP3080.2%
  12. 12SELLIMUTHU N.Independent · IND2360.1%
  13. 13SELVAKUMAR N.Independent · IND2280.1%
  14. 14MUTHUKUMAR C.Independent · IND2160.1%
  15. 15VIVEK S.TMMK · TMMK1790.1%
  16. 16SRINIVASAN K.Independent · IND1260.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMK–DMK swing
−49.5%
AIADMK share
57.5% → 46.6%
DMK share
0.0% → 38.7%
Turnout
80.1% → 77.7%
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