Constituency
129. Athoor
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016
TN-ATHOOR
DMK 53.1%won by 11.8%AIADMK 41.3%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.5% to 11.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 2011.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,68,876
Turnout
85.3%
Valid votes
2,29,252
Margin
27,147
11.84%
Candidates
20 contested · winner DMK- 1PERIYASAMY IDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,21,73853.1%
- 2VISWANATHAN R NATHAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK94,59141.3%
- 3PACKIYA SELVARAJ MDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK3,7411.6%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,1050.9%
- 5ILANCHEZHIYAN S.PBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,3650.6%
- 6MARIAGUNASEKARAN RNTK · NTK1,0130.4%
- 7NIRMALA GNANASOUNDARI IPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK6710.3%
- 8ARUMUGAM KLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP6500.3%
- 9VISWANATHAN MIndependent · IND6320.3%
- 10PALRAJ RIndependent · IND5210.2%
- 11PERIYASAMY MIndependent · IND4460.2%
- 12BALAMURUGAN ABahujan Samaj Party · BSP4190.2%
- 13KARUPPUSAMY PIndependent · IND4160.2%
- 14PEYATHEVAR AAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB2270.1%
- 15SHANMUGAM VIndependent · IND1500.1%
- 16SANKAR DIndependent · IND1270.1%
- 17PARAMAN ATMMK · TMMK1260.1%
- 18SELVAKUMAR RKMDK · KMDK1240.1%
- 19MURUGANANTHAM CIndependent · IND1170.1%
- 20TAMIL NESAN RTAVK · TAVK730.0%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −47.7%
- DMK share
- 59.6% → 53.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 41.3%
- Turnout
- 83.4% → 85.3%