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226. Palayamcottai

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-PALAYAMCOTTAI

DMK 43.6%won by 10.3%AIADMK 33.4%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 10.3%.

  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 33.4% — it did not contest here in 2011.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.0% between them, down from 85.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.6% to 61.0%.

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

Electorate
2,53,520
Turnout
61.0%
Valid votes
1,54,648
Margin
15,872
10.26%

Candidates

15 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1MOHIDEEN KHANT.P.MDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK67,46343.6%
  2. 2HYDER ALI S.K.AAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK51,59133.4%
  3. 3NIZAM MOHIDEEN K.M.AMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK12,5938.1%
  4. 4NIRMAL SINGH YADAV .MBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,0634.6%
  5. 5SHAHUL HAMEED K.SSDPI · SDPI7,0084.5%
  6. 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,9471.9%
  7. 7ARUMUGA NAINAR .SNTK · NTK2,5921.7%
  8. 8NISHTHAR ALI .SPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,3150.9%
  9. 9KANNAN .PTMMK · TMMK5170.3%
  10. 10ANSAR .MIndependent · IND4790.3%
  11. 11SUBRAMANIAN .SIndependent · IND3340.2%
  12. 12PHINEHAS RATHINAM .PIndependent · IND3020.2%
  13. 13DAVID JEBA RAJ .VIndependent · IND1890.1%
  14. 14MURUGAIAH .MIndependent · IND1690.1%
  15. 15AHAMEDIndependent · IND860.1%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
−32.5%
DMK share
42.8% → 43.6%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 33.4%
Turnout
68.6% → 61.0%
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