Constituency
161. Mayiladuthurai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016
TN-MAYILADUTHURAI
AIADMK 42.0%won by 2.8%DMK 39.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 2.8%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 42.0% of the vote here (+42.0%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 2011.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.2% between them, down from 87.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.3% to 72.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,33,224
Turnout
72.4%
Valid votes
1,68,856
Margin
4,778
2.83%
Candidates
9 contested · winner AIADMK- 1RATHAKRISHNAN.VAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK70,94942.0%
- 2ANBAZHAGAN.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK66,17139.2%
- 3AYYAPPAN.APattali Makkal Katchi · PMK13,1157.8%
- 4ARULSELVAN.RDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK12,2947.3%
- 5MUTHUKUMARASAMY.CBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9261.1%
- 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,6881.0%
- 7SHAHUL HAMEED.JNTK · NTK1,6721.0%
- 8SAMPATH.LIndependent · IND6810.4%
- 9SIVAKUMAR.SBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3600.2%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- DMDK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +2.8%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 42.0%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 39.2%
- Turnout
- 76.7% → 72.4%