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230. Nagercoil

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-NAGERCOIL

DMK 38.9%won by 12.1%BJP 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 12.1%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 35.4% to 38.9% of the vote here (+3.4%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.6% between them, down from 75.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.4% to 65.7%.

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

Electorate
2,63,633
Turnout
65.7%
Valid votes
1,73,324
Margin
20,956
12.09%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKBJP swing
−0.5%
DMK share
35.4% 38.9%
BJP share
22.9% 26.8%
Turnout
70.1% 65.7%