Constituency
401. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-CUDDALORE
INC 42.8%won by 3.1%AIADMK 39.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 42.8% of the vote here (+42.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.4% between them, down from 88.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.0% to 76.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,86,030
Turnout
76.0%
Valid votes
7,49,394
Margin
23,532
3.14%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1ALAGIRI SIndian National Congress · INC3,20,47342.8%
- 2SAMPATH M CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,96,94139.6%
- 3DHAMOTHARAN M CDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK93,17212.4%
- 4VASANTHI SIndependent · IND13,4001.8%
- 5AROKIYADOSS CBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,2691.1%
- 6PARTHIBAN RIndependent · IND5,4920.7%
- 7KAMARAJ ALoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP5,0450.7%
- 8RAYAR KIndependent · IND2,0030.3%
- 9KANNAN KIndependent · IND1,6440.2%
- 10CHANDRA PIndependent · IND1,6090.2%
- 11SENRAYAN A DIndependent · IND1,3460.2%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +38.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 42.8%
- AIADMK share
- 35.3% → 39.6%
- Turnout
- 63.0% → 76.0%