Constituency
229. Kanniyakumari
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2021
TN-KANNIYAKUMARI
AIADMK 48.8%won by 7.2%DMK 41.6%
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 7.2%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 39.6% to 48.8% of the vote here (+9.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.4% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,99,074
Turnout
75.2%
Valid votes
2,24,874
Margin
16,213
7.21%
Candidates
14 contested · winner AIADMK- 1THALAVAI SUNDARAM N.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK1,09,74548.8%
- 2AUSTIN S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK93,53241.6%
- 3SASIKALA R.NTK · NTK14,1406.3%
- 4SELVAKUMAR P.T.MNM · MNM3,1061.4%
- 5SENTHIL MURUGAN P.Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam · AMMK1,5890.7%
- 6None Of The AboveNOTA · NOTA1,0960.5%
- 7SUTHARMAN C.J.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP6810.3%
- 8AUGUSTIN A.Independent · IND4460.2%
- 9MANICKAVASAGAM PILLAI NA.Independent · IND1420.1%
- 10MAKESH N.Independent · IND1190.1%
- 11THANU NEELAN S.Independent · IND950.0%
- 12SUBASH S.Independent · IND780.0%
- 13CHELLIAH PILLAI I.Independent · IND550.0%
- 14SUNDARA NATHAN Y.Independent · IND500.0%
Since 2016
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +10.0%
- AIADMK share
- 39.6% → 48.8%
- DMK share
- 42.4% → 41.6%
- Turnout
- 75.1% → 75.2%