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Constituency

206. Virudhunagar

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-VIRUDHUNAGAR

DMK 42.7%won by 1.9%AIADMK 40.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 1.9%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 42.7% of the vote here (+42.7%).
  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 40.8% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.6% between them, down from 88.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.4% to 73.6%.

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

Electorate
2,08,304
Turnout
73.6%
Valid votes
1,53,347
Margin
2,870
1.87%

Candidates

16 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1SEENIVASAN A.R.RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK65,49942.7%
  2. 2KALANITHI.KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK62,62940.8%
  3. 3SYED KAJA SHAREEF.MDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK10,1276.6%
  4. 4KAMATCHI. SBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,0134.6%
  5. 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,8351.8%
  6. 6AKILAN.DNTK · NTK2,4611.6%
  7. 7GANESHPERUMAL.PPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK5560.4%
  8. 8RASU.EIndependent · IND4330.3%
  9. 9CHINNA MARRIYAPPAN.EIndependent · IND3910.3%
  10. 10MURUGANG.Independent · IND3520.2%
  11. 11ESWARAN.VTMMK · TMMK2560.2%
  12. 12VELMURUGAN.KIndependent · IND2280.1%
  13. 13VELUSAMY.PYSP · YSP1910.1%
  14. 14SEENIVASAN.SIndependent · IND1630.1%
  15. 15VIKRAMAN.NDMMK · DMMK1210.1%
  16. 16SANKAR.AIndependent · IND920.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
DMDK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+1.9%
DMK share
0.0% → 42.7%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 40.8%
Turnout
79.0% → 73.6%
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