Constituency
385. Dharmapuri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-DHARMAPURI
DMK 47.0%won by 17.5%PMK 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 17.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 47.0% of the vote here (+47.0%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 18.0% to 72.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,69,601
Turnout
72.8%
Valid votes
7,78,102
Margin
1,35,942
17.47%
Candidates
21 contested · winner DMK- 1THAMARAISELVAN. RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,65,81247.0%
- 2SENTHIL. R. DR.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2,29,87029.5%
- 3ELANGOVAN. VDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK1,03,49413.3%
- 4ASOKAN. GKNMK · KNMK15,3332.0%
- 5RAJA. AIndependent · IND10,5611.4%
- 6MANI. RIndependent · IND9,9821.3%
- 7PADMARAJAN. K. DR.Independent · IND5,5710.7%
- 8PURUSOTHAMAN. VBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,4450.7%
- 9ANANDKUMAR. KIndependent · IND4,5890.6%
- 10MURUGAN. G.Independent · IND4,1530.5%
- 11RADHAKRISHNAN. RIndependent · IND4,0040.5%
- 12SAMPATHKUMAR. R.Independent · IND3,0920.4%
- 13SRIRAMACHANDRANIndependent · IND2,6520.3%
- 14ANNADURAI. KUMK · UMK2,4340.3%
- 15SIVAN. KIndependent · IND2,4110.3%
- 16GOVINDARAJ. S.Independent · IND1,9440.2%
- 17GUNASEKARAN. DMMKA · MMKA1,7260.2%
- 18SARAVANAN. S.Independent · IND1,5530.2%
- 19KARUPPUSAMY. SIndependent · IND1,2930.2%
- 20ARIVAZHAGAN. PIndependent · IND1,2850.2%
- 21VELMURUGAN. P.Independent · IND8980.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–PMK swing
- +73.5%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 47.0%
- PMK share
- 56.0% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- 54.8% → 72.8%