Constituency
404. Nagapattinam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-NAGAPATTINAM
DMK 48.5%won by 6.3%CPI 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 6.3%.
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 13.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.0% to 77.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,82,352
Turnout
77.7%
Valid votes
7,62,988
Margin
47,962
6.29%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1VIJAYAN A K SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,69,91548.5%
- 2SELVARAJ MCommunist Party of India · CPI3,21,95342.2%
- 3MUTHUKUMAR MDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK51,3766.7%
- 4VEERASAMY PIndependent · IND8,7691.1%
- 5VEERAMUTHU GBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,1230.7%
- 6MUNUSAMY VIndependent · IND3,8950.5%
- 7DEVADOSS RIndependent · IND1,9570.3%
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–CPI swing
- −55.4%
- DMK share
- 61.7% → 48.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- 71.6% → 77.7%