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state assembly / GENERAL ELECTION

ATHOOR · 2016

Tamil Nadu · Constituency 129

Public archive reference. Candidate names and historical geography are reproduced as supplied. Source rank and vote order are not a reviewed winner declaration.

Candidate records · 20 rows
Source rankCandidatePartyVotesSource vote share
1PERIYASAMY IDMK121,73853.10%
2VISWANATHAN R NATHAMADMK94,59141.26%
3PACKIYA SELVARAJ MDMDK3,7411.63%
4None of the AboveNOTA · not a candidateNOTA2,1050.92%
5ILANCHEZHIYAN S.PBJP1,3650.60%
6MARIAGUNASEKARAN RNTK1,0130.44%
7NIRMALA GNANASOUNDARI IPMK6710.29%
8ARUMUGAM KLJP6500.28%
9VISWANATHAN MIND6320.28%
10PALRAJ RIND5210.23%
11PERIYASAMY MIND4460.19%
12BALAMURUGAN ABSP4190.18%
13KARUPPUSAMY PIND4160.18%
14PEYATHEVAR AAIFB2270.10%
15SHANMUGAM VIND1500.07%
16SANKAR DIND1270.06%
17PARAMAN ATMMK1260.05%
18SELVAKUMAR RKMDK1240.05%
19MURUGANANTHAM CIND1170.05%
20TAMIL NESAN RTAVK730.03%

Source & record context

Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

TCPD Indian Elections Dataset (TCPD-IED), Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. June 2023 archive.

Valid votes in source229,252
Electors in source268,876

Historical district field: DINDIGUL. This does not establish a current district boundary.

Boundary identifier: 4 · Dataset: tcpd-ae

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