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180. Pudukkottai

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-PUDUKKOTTAI

DMK 39.2%won by 1.2%AIADMK 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 1.2%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 44.6% to 39.2% of the vote here (−5.4%).
  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.2% between them, down from 91.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.1% to 74.8%.

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

Electorate
2,27,802
Turnout
74.8%
Valid votes
1,70,282
Margin
2,084
1.22%

Candidates

18 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1PERIYANNAN ARASSUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK66,73939.2%
  2. 2KARTHIK THONDAIMANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK64,65538.0%
  3. 3CHOKKALINGAM. MIndependent · IND22,97313.5%
  4. 4JAHIR HUSSAINDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK7,8104.6%
  5. 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,6371.0%
  6. 6ARUNMOZHICHOZHAN. MNTK · NTK1,6251.0%
  7. 7KUMAR. GIJK · IJK1,0610.6%
  8. 8RADHAKRISHNAN. AIndependent · IND9130.5%
  9. 9VELLAISAMYPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK6670.4%
  10. 10MUTHAIYA. KIndependent · IND5740.3%
  11. 11SARAVANANIndependent · IND3420.2%
  12. 12MOHAMED SHERIFIndependent · IND3190.2%
  13. 13KUMAR. VIndependent · IND2990.2%
  14. 14KANAGARAJAN. AAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB1570.1%
  15. 15NAVANEEDHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND1440.1%
  16. 16NAGARAJANIndependent · IND1400.1%
  17. 17JEEVA. ABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1270.1%
  18. 18KARUPPIAH KAVIGANIndependent · IND1000.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
−43.3%
DMK share
44.6% → 39.2%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 38.0%
Turnout
78.9% → 74.8%
179. Viralimalai181. Thirumayam
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