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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2021

TN-SALEM-WEST

PMK 48.7%won by 9.9%DMK 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), which now leads by 9.9%.

  • PMK vote sharePMK went from 14.8% to 48.7% of the vote here (+33.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 76.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 71.8%.

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

Electorate
3,01,668
Turnout
71.8%
Valid votes
2,16,628
Margin
21,499
9.92%

Candidates

29 contested · winner PMK
  1. 1ARUL. RPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,05,48348.7%
  2. 2RAJENDRAN. ADravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK83,98438.8%
  3. 3NAGAMMAL. SNTK · NTK10,6684.9%
  4. 4THIYAGARAJAN. AMNM · MNM7,9393.7%
  5. 5ALAGAAPURAM R. MOHANRAJDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK2,3071.1%
  6. 6None Of The AboveNOTA · NOTA1,6830.8%
  7. 7VIJAYAKUMAR. RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK6390.3%
  8. 8KARTHIKEYAN. JTNIK · TNIK5800.3%
  9. 9KATHIRVEL. AMIP · MIP3300.2%
  10. 10THIYAGARAJAN. MIndependent · IND3150.1%
  11. 11TAMIL SELVAN. SBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2830.1%
  12. 12SARATHKUMAR. SIndependent · IND2410.1%
  13. 13KATHAVARAYAN. SIndependent · IND2320.1%
  14. 14SIVARAMAN. SIndependent · IND2220.1%
  15. 15GOPI. MIndependent · IND2110.1%
  16. 16CHANDRASEKARAN. GIndependent · IND1910.1%
  17. 17MUTHUSAMY. RTMTK · TMTK1640.1%
  18. 18RAJENDIRAN. BIndependent · IND1320.1%
  19. 19JEEVANANTHAM. MIndependent · IND1290.1%
  20. 20RAMKUMAR. RIndependent · IND1280.1%
  21. 21MARIMUTHU. MIndependent · IND1200.1%
  22. 22INBARAJ. AIndependent · IND1100.1%
  23. 23NATARAJAN. CIndependent · IND1050.0%
  24. 24SENTHILKUMAR. AAMPK · AMPK990.0%
  25. 25SABBAPATHI. MIndependent · IND930.0%
  26. 26MURUGAN. AIndependent · IND790.0%
  27. 27GOPINATH. RIndependent · IND680.0%
  28. 28MAYAKANNAN. MIndependent · IND570.0%
  29. 29BALAJI. DIndependent · IND360.0%

Since 2016

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
PMKflipped
PMK–DMK swing
+31.4%
PMK share
14.8% → 48.7%
DMK share
36.3% → 38.8%
Turnout
74.7% → 71.8%
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