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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-AMBASAMUDRAM

AIADMK 45.8%won by 7.7%DMK 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.9% to 7.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.9% between them, down from 93.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 73.0%.

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

Electorate
2,35,065
Turnout
73.0%
Valid votes
1,71,528
Margin
13,166
7.68%

Candidates

20 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1R. MURUGAIAH PANDIANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK78,55545.8%
  2. 2AVUDAIAPPAN. RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK65,38938.1%
  3. 3P. KARPAGAVALLICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,6908.0%
  4. 4V. SASIKALABharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,7112.7%
  5. 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,0411.2%
  6. 6S. THENNARASUNTK · NTK1,7781.0%
  7. 7R. ANBALAGANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,3100.8%
  8. 8S. P. RAJAVELUIndependent · IND6450.4%
  9. 9N.RAVICHANDRANIndependent · IND6350.4%
  10. 10SURESH PANDIAN. SIndependent · IND5550.3%
  11. 11S. ESWARIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4160.2%
  12. 12A.VELMURUGANAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB3900.2%
  13. 13E. GANESANTMMK · TMMK2810.2%
  14. 14D. JEBARATHINAMIndependent · IND2230.1%
  15. 15N. BALASUBRAMANIANIndependent · IND1970.1%
  16. 16MARIMUTHUMAHESHIndependent · IND1960.1%
  17. 17M. MANOHARIndependent · IND1410.1%
  18. 18ASHA SUNDARIndependent · IND1360.1%
  19. 19R. CHARLESIndependent · IND1220.1%
  20. 20A. VENKATESHIndependent · IND1170.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMK–DMK swing
−9.2%
AIADMK share
55.1% → 45.8%
DMK share
38.2% → 38.1%
Turnout
75.1% → 73.0%
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