Constituency
175. Orathanad
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2021
TN-ORATHANAD
AIADMK 46.9%won by 15.0%DMK 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 15.0%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.9% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,45,037
Turnout
78.3%
Valid votes
1,91,840
Margin
28,835
15.03%
Candidates
13 contested · winner AIADMK- 1VAITHILINGAM, R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK90,06346.9%
- 2RAMCHANDRAN, M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK61,22831.9%
- 3SEKAR, M.Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam · AMMK26,02213.6%
- 4KANDHASAMY, M.NTK · NTK9,0504.7%
- 5MOOKKAIYAN, V.Independent · IND2,0411.1%
- 6None Of The AboveNOTA · NOTA8670.5%
- 7RENGASAMY, G.MNM · MNM7210.4%
- 8STALIN, R.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP5500.3%
- 9JAYASOORIYAN, T.Independent · IND4280.2%
- 10RENGARAJ, S.Independent · IND3190.2%
- 11THANRAJ, R.USOIP · USOIP2290.1%
- 12ARUNKUMAR, K.Independent · IND2230.1%
- 13PRABAKARAN, U.AMPK · AMPK990.1%
Since 2016
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +17.1%
- AIADMK share
- 44.8% → 46.9%
- DMK share
- 46.9% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- 79.9% → 78.3%