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Parliamentary constituency 17 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2024

[01]Result · 2024

#17 · GEN

Poll date19 Apr 2024

Contestants31Candidate lines

Electors15,38,778

Votes polled10,93,423

Turnout71.1%

NOTA13,9830.9% of votes

WinnerK E PrakashDravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,62,33951.4% of votes

MARGIN2,36,566 votes · 21.6 pp5,62,339 − 3,25,773

Runner-upAshok Kumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,25,77329.8% of votes

DMK 63.3% of top-two votesAIADMK 36.7%

All candidates 31

01 K E PrakashDMK5,62,339 51.4%
02 Ashok KumarAIADMK3,25,773 29.8%
03 Karmegan MNTK82,796 7.6%
04 P VijayakumarTMC(M)77,911 7.1%
05 P EswaranBSP5,223 0.5%
06 T V R AmirthalingamIND4,149 0.4%
07 Keerthana MIND3,799 0.3%
08 J GopalakrishnanIND1,955 0.2%
09 S AnanthiIND1,686 0.2%
10 Prasath ChitrarasuIND1,640 0.1%
11 Ravichandran LIND1,380 0.1%
12 P RajendranIND976 0.1%
13 P KuppusamyUMK950 0.1%
14 M ShanmugamIND772 0.1%
15 R KumaresanIND751 0.1%
16 N Ashok KumarIND690 0.1%
17 Dhanalakshmi VNMK679 0.1%
18 K MaathanGPI618 0.1%
19 A T MunusamySMNK616 0.1%
20 B DharmarajACDP601 0.1%
21 Arumuga Ac KannanIND549 0.1%
22 M SabarinathanIND531 0.0%
23 R DhandapaniVTVTK504 0.0%
24 R KumarAPTAD432 0.0%
25 R.MinnalmurugeshIND415 0.0%
26 K K VaduganathanIND399 0.0%
27 G MylsamyIND301 0.0%
28 Mylvakanan D -IND279 0.0%
29 M PrabakaranIND276 0.0%
30 NarendranathIND272 0.0%
31 K Senthil KumarIND178 0.0%

Turnout 71.1%

Male 7.69 lakh50.0% Female 7.69 lakh50.0%

Share of 15,38,778 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,000
NOTAcounted within the total13,983 · 0.9%
State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 202471.0%
ReconciliationΣ 31 candidates = 10,79,440Verified

Seat history 2024–1962

2024
21.6 pp
K E PrakashDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019
19.7 pp
Ganeshamurthi ADravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014
21.0 pp
Selvakumara Chinnayan SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009
6.4 pp
Ganeshamurthi.A.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004
20.8 pp
Subbulakshmi JagadeesanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999
0.5 pp
Kannappan, M.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998
13.4 pp
Palaniswamy K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996
22.5 pp
K.P.RamalingamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
39.4 pp
Soundaram K.S. (W)All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
33.3 pp
Palanisamy, K.C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
21.7 pp
Kannan P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
3.9 pp
Kandaswamy M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
24.5 pp
Kolanthaivelu R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967
5.7 pp
M. K. N. GowderSwatantra Party
1962
3.3 pp
V. K. RamaswamyIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 81.2% of votes; the other 29 candidates 17.5% between them.
(5,62,339 + 3,25,773) ÷ 10,93,423 = 81.2% · 1,91,328 ÷ 10,93,423 = 17.5%
Turnout of 71.1% was 0.1 pp above the state's median seat (71.0%).
71.1 − 71.0 = +0.1
The margin widened from 19.7 pp in 2019 to 21.6 pp.
21.6 − 19.7 = +1.9 pp
DMK held the seat it won in 2019.
2019 DMK · 2024 DMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 31 candidate lines10,79,440
NOTAcounted within the total13,983
Published totalVotes polled10,93,423
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2024 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates31 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 39 seats on the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 2024 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database