Constituency
68. Chidambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-CHIDAMBARAM
DMK 52.7%won by 11.5%PMK 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 11.5%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 52.7% of the vote here (+52.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.9% of the vote between them, up from 72.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,03,702
Margin
11,915
11.49%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1SARAVANAN DURAI K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK54,64752.7%
- 2T.ARIVUSELVANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK42,73241.2%
- 3K.V.MOHANA SUNDARMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,7653.6%
- 4JAYARAJ. VIndependent · IND1,0891.1%
- 5S.ANBAZHAGANIndependent · IND9580.9%
- 6K.ARAVAMUTHANRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2620.3%
- 7N.RAMAMOORTHYJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS2490.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–PMK swing
- +30.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 52.7%
- PMK share
- 19.2% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- — → —