Constituency
397. Dindigul
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-DINDIGUL
INC 44.1%won by 6.6%AIADMK 37.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.5% to 6.6%.
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 14.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.5% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.9% to 75.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,85,696
Turnout
75.6%
Valid votes
8,20,558
Margin
54,347
6.62%
Candidates
19 contested · winner INC- 1CHITTHAN N S VIndian National Congress · INC3,61,54544.1%
- 2BAALASUBRAMANI PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3,07,19837.4%
- 3MUTHUVELRAJ PDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK1,00,78812.3%
- 4SRINIVASA BABU MBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,9600.8%
- 5MOTILAL K.AIndependent · IND6,7060.8%
- 6SELLAMUTHU K MKNMK · KNMK6,4110.8%
- 7DURAI KIndependent · IND6,0630.7%
- 8MANIKANDA PRABU GIndependent · IND5,3310.6%
- 9SHEIK AYUB KHAN SIndependent · IND4,2640.5%
- 10DHANASEELI KIndependent · IND3,6970.5%
- 11RAMARAJ PIndependent · IND2,8120.3%
- 12DAISY RANI SRKSP · RKSP1,3990.2%
- 13MAHAMUNI SIndependent · IND1,3500.2%
- 14LOGANATHAN VSamajwadi Party · SP1,2780.2%
- 15SELVARAJ IAIJMK · AIJMK1,2450.2%
- 16THANGAPANDIAN RIndependent · IND1,1480.1%
- 17SUBRAMANIAN RIndependent · IND8800.1%
- 18SADHASIVAM NIndependent · IND7490.1%
- 19KARUPPUSAMY PIndependent · IND7340.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–AIADMK swing
- −15.9%
- INC share
- 59.0% → 44.1%
- AIADMK share
- 36.5% → 37.4%
- Turnout
- 60.7% → 75.6%