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165. Vedaranyam

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-VEDARANYAM

AIADMK 41.4%won by 15.7%INC 25.8%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.4% to 15.7%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.2% between them, down from 74.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 81.4%.

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

Electorate
1,80,294
Turnout
81.4%
Valid votes
1,46,803
Margin
22,998
15.67%

Candidates

12 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1MANIAN.O.SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK60,83641.4%
  2. 2RAJENDIRAN.P.VIndian National Congress · INC37,83825.8%
  3. 3VETHARATHINAM.S.KBharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,08625.3%
  4. 4VAIRAVANATHAN.TDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK4,5943.1%
  5. 5USHA KANNANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2,0811.4%
  6. 6RAJENDRAN.KNTK · NTK1,3860.9%
  7. 7None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,2060.8%
  8. 8MURUGAVELU.SBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6950.5%
  9. 9VEERAKUMAR.VIndependent · IND5200.4%
  10. 10RAMAMURTHY.RIndependent · IND2050.1%
  11. 11SUSILA.NTAVK · TAVK1790.1%
  12. 12KASINATHAN.P.CIndependent · IND1770.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMK–INC swing
−25.5%
AIADMK share
41.2% → 41.4%
INC share
0.0% → 25.8%
Turnout
84.3% → 81.4%
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