Constituency
383. Vellore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-VELLORE
DMK 49.8%won by 14.8%AIADMK 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.9% to 14.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.4% to 71.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,10,067
Turnout
71.6%
Valid votes
7,23,529
Margin
1,07,393
14.84%
Candidates
24 contested · winner DMK- 1ABDUL RAHMANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,60,47449.8%
- 2VASU L K M BAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,53,08135.0%
- 3SHOUKATH SHERIFDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK62,6968.7%
- 4RAJENDIRAN A KBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,1841.5%
- 5CHANDRAN CIndependent · IND6,0460.8%
- 6KUBENDIRAN DIndependent · IND5,1430.7%
- 7GOPALAKRISHNAN CIndependent · IND4,8220.7%
- 8MANSOOR AHMEDBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,8180.4%
- 9RAJAN BABU BMMKA · MMKA2,3520.3%
- 10VIJAYAKUMARIndependent · IND2,1340.3%
- 11NATRAJAN PIndependent · IND1,6120.2%
- 12ABDUL MAJEED, OOSIIndependent · IND1,3120.2%
- 13GOVINDARAJI P VSamajwadi Party · SP1,1610.2%
- 14EKAMBARAM E ANaadaalum Makkal Katchi · NMK1,1140.2%
- 15ARIUDAI NAMBI DIndependent · IND1,0590.1%
- 16ESWARAN RIndependent · IND1,0180.1%
- 17PALANI R TIndependent · IND9740.1%
- 18RAMANIndependent · IND9230.1%
- 19THAGIR AHAMEDLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP8540.1%
- 20DHANDAPANI TIndependent · IND6210.1%
- 21MUNIYAPPAN KADSMK · ADSMK5600.1%
- 22PERUMAL DIndependent · IND5420.1%
- 23NARAYANAN RAIVP · AIVP5210.1%
- 24SURESHKUMAR PIndependent · IND5080.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −9.1%
- DMK share
- 58.5% → 49.8%
- AIADMK share
- 34.5% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- 61.2% → 71.6%