Constituency
224. Tirunelveli
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016
TN-TIRUNELVELI
DMK 43.1%won by 0.3%AIADMK 42.8%
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 0.3%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 30.3% to 43.1% of the vote here (+12.8%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.2% to 70.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,68,968
Turnout
70.5%
Valid votes
1,89,576
Margin
601
0.32%
Candidates
18 contested · winner DMK- 1LAKSHMANAN A.L.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK81,76143.1%
- 2NAINAR NAGENTHRANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK81,16042.8%
- 3MADASAMY S.Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK8,6404.6%
- 4MAHARAJAN A.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,0173.2%
- 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,2181.2%
- 6VIYANARASU A.NTK · NTK2,1061.1%
- 7VELAMMAL G.Independent · IND2,0291.1%
- 8GANESAN KANNANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,8841.0%
- 9RAJKUMAR P.Independent · IND1,3770.7%
- 10BALASUBRAMANIAN E.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP5070.3%
- 11MALLAR MAHARAJANIndependent · IND4010.2%
- 12SHANMUGA SUNDARAM M.Independent · IND2890.2%
- 13SUDAROLI S.MURUGAN YADAV B.COM.Independent · IND2450.1%
- 14UDAIYAR S.Independent · IND2170.1%
- 15MURUGAN G.Independent · IND2160.1%
- 16NELLAI IMMAMSamajwadi Party · SP1900.1%
- 17MANIKANDAN C.TMMK · TMMK1820.1%
- 18KAMALA KANNAN P.Independent · IND1370.1%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +24.8%
- DMK share
- 30.3% → 43.1%
- AIADMK share
- 54.8% → 42.8%
- Turnout
- 76.7% → 70.5%