Constituency
188. Melur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016
TN-MELUR
AIADMK 51.5%won by 11.4%DMK 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.9% to 11.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.3% to 74.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,32,476
Turnout
74.2%
Valid votes
1,72,501
Margin
19,723
11.43%
Candidates
21 contested · winner AIADMK- 1PERIYAPULLAN @ SELVAM PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK88,90951.5%
- 2RAGUPTHY A.PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK69,18640.1%
- 3BHARATH NATCHIYAPPAN T.NTMCM · TMCM4,5792.7%
- 4BOOPATHIKAKKAN P.VBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9211.1%
- 5SEEMAN I TNTK · NTK1,3390.8%
- 6RISHI KAPOOR. SSDPI · SDPI8280.5%
- 7KALAIMANI SAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB7730.4%
- 8None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA7570.4%
- 9ABDUL SALAM A.KPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK7460.4%
- 10PANDIDURAI AIndependent · IND6620.4%
- 11MANOHARAN. VIndependent · IND4780.3%
- 12KARIKALAN. SIndependent · IND4010.2%
- 13PALANIKUMAR SIndependent · IND3740.2%
- 14DEVADASAN SIndependent · IND3370.2%
- 15PAKKIYANATHAN KIndependent · IND3370.2%
- 16ANITHA RGAPP · GAPP2100.1%
- 17PANDI KIndependent · IND1690.1%
- 18DHARMAR PIndependent · IND1610.1%
- 19JOTHI.VIndependent · IND1350.1%
- 20GANDHIPRABHU RIndependent · IND1090.1%
- 21VEERANAN IRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD900.1%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- −4.4%
- AIADMK share
- 55.7% → 51.5%
- DMK share
- 39.9% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- 77.5% → 74.2%