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149. Ariyalur

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-ARIYALUR

AIADMK 41.9%won by 1.0%DMK 41.0%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.6% to 1.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 41.0% — it did not contest here in 2011.

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

Electorate
2,48,541
Turnout
84.9%
Valid votes
2,11,078
Margin
2,043
0.97%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMKDMK swing
−46.8%
AIADMK share
47.8% 41.9%
DMK share
0.0% 41.0%
Turnout
84.8% 84.9%