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414. Kanniyakumari

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2014

IN-KANNIYAKUMARI

BJP 37.6%won by 13.0%INC 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 13.0%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 33.2% to 37.6% of the vote here (+4.4%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 24.7% — it did not contest here in 2009.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.3% between them, down from 75.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 67.5%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
14,67,796
Turnout
67.5%
Valid votes
9,90,742
Margin
1,28,662
12.99%

Candidates

26 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RADHAKRISHNAN P.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,72,90637.6%
  2. 2VASANTHA KUMAR H.Indian National Congress · INC2,44,24424.7%
  3. 3JOHN THANKAM D.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK1,76,23917.8%
  4. 4RAAJARATHINUM F.M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,17,93311.9%
  5. 5BELLARMIN A.V.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM35,2843.6%
  6. 6UDAYAKUMAR S.P.Aam Aadmi Party · AAP15,3141.5%
  7. 7None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA4,1500.4%
  8. 8NAGOOR MEERAN PEER MOHAMEAD U.Independent · IND3,8510.4%
  9. 9JAWAHAR J.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,2360.3%
  10. 10NALLA THAMPY C.Independent · IND2,3910.2%
  11. 11BALA SUBRAMANIAN T.Independent · IND1,7370.2%
  12. 12ANTHONY MUTHUCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,6470.2%
  13. 13MANIKANDAN I.Independent · IND1,5570.2%
  14. 14VASANTHA KUMAR L.Independent · IND1,4740.1%
  15. 15RAJESH KUMAR K.R.Independent · IND1,4370.1%
  16. 16PADMANABHAN S.Independent · IND1,2460.1%
  17. 17KAMARAJ K.Independent · IND9550.1%
  18. 18SEETHARAMADHAS P.Independent · IND9300.1%
  19. 19VASANTHEESVARAN E.Independent · IND7910.1%
  20. 20KAMARAJ G.Independent · IND5910.1%
  21. 21SARASWATHI S.Independent · IND5360.1%
  22. 22RADHAKRISHNAN T.Independent · IND5340.1%
  23. 23JOSE BILBIN J.Independent · IND5040.1%
  24. 24PAULRAJ C.M.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4360.0%
  25. 25WILSON I.Independent · IND4210.0%
  26. 26SHALIN RICHARD J.IVP · IVP3980.0%

Since 2009

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
−20.2%
BJP share
33.2% → 37.6%
INC share
0.0% → 24.7%
Turnout
65.0% → 67.5%
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