Constituency
202. Rajapalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016
TN-RAJAPALAYAM
DMK 43.8%won by 2.8%AIADMK 41.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 2.8%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 39.4% to 43.8% of the vote here (+4.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% between them, down from 93.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.2% to 76.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,24,407
Turnout
76.1%
Valid votes
1,70,688
Margin
4,802
2.81%
Candidates
21 contested · winner DMK- 1THANGAPPANDIAN. S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK74,78743.8%
- 2SHYAM A.A.S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK69,98541.0%
- 3GURUSAMY. A.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,5057.3%
- 4RAMACHANDRA RAJA A.N.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,4352.0%
- 5JEYARAJ. V.NTK · NTK2,4141.4%
- 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,2901.3%
- 7LAKSHMANAN. P.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,0730.6%
- 8JEYAPRAKASH. I.Independent · IND9190.5%
- 9ARASAMANI. K.MAKKK · MAKKK5470.3%
- 10JEYARAJ. T.Independent · IND4510.3%
- 11THANGAPANDI. S.Independent · IND4020.2%
- 12THANGARAJ. K.Independent · IND3540.2%
- 13PERIYASAMY. A.Independent · IND3120.2%
- 14THANGESWARAN. P.Independent · IND2240.1%
- 15SAKTHIVEL.R.Independent · IND1890.1%
- 16MUTHUVELAN @ SARAVANAN. S.Independent · IND1590.1%
- 17MANMATHAN. M.Independent · IND1460.1%
- 18KAMATCHI. R.YSP · YSP1380.1%
- 19ARJUNAN . K.Independent · IND1360.1%
- 20KALYANASUNDARAM. R.SIndependent · IND1230.1%
- 21BALAMURUGAN.V.UCPI · UCPI990.1%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +17.2%
- DMK share
- 39.4% → 43.8%
- AIADMK share
- 53.8% → 41.0%
- Turnout
- 80.2% → 76.1%