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160. Sirkali

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-SIRKALI

AIADMK 43.0%won by 5.1%DMK 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 5.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 91.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 76.7%.

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

Electorate
2,31,675
Turnout
76.7%
Valid votes
1,77,685
Margin
9,003
5.07%

Candidates

13 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1BHARATHI.P.VAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK76,48743.0%
  2. 2KILLAI RAVINDRAN.SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK67,48438.0%
  3. 3MUTHUKUMAR.PONPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK14,8908.4%
  4. 4UMANATH.RDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK12,0606.8%
  5. 5JOTHI.BNTK · NTK1,4300.8%
  6. 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,3600.8%
  7. 7ELAVALAGAN.M.R.SBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,1870.7%
  8. 8KALAIVANI.PShiv Sena · SHS8220.5%
  9. 9BHARATHI.BIndependent · IND7850.4%
  10. 10ELAYARAJA.AIndependent · IND4250.2%
  11. 11GAJENDRAN.KBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3000.2%
  12. 12LATHA.GIndependent · IND2940.2%
  13. 13SASIDHARAN.MVTK · VTK1610.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMK–DMK swing
−49.6%
AIADMK share
54.6% → 43.0%
DMK share
0.0% → 38.0%
Turnout
78.8% → 76.7%
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