Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 2014

Chidambaram

Parliamentary constituency 27 (SC) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2014

[01]Result · 2014

#27 · SC

Poll date24 Apr 2014

Contestants15Candidate lines

Electors13,66,189

Votes polled10,88,423

Turnout79.7%

NOTA12,1380.9% of votes

WinnerChandrakasi, MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,29,53639.5% of votes

MARGIN1,28,495 votes · 11.8 pp4,29,536 − 3,01,041

Runner-upThirumaavalavan, Thol Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi3,01,04127.7% of votes

AIADMK 58.8% of top-two votesVCK 41.2%

All candidates 15

01 Chandrakasi, MAIADMK4,29,536 39.5%
02 Thirumaavalavan, TholVCK3,01,041 27.7%
03 SudhamanirathinemPMK2,79,016 25.6%
04 Vallal Peruman, PINC28,988 2.7%
05 Anandan Alias Kavignar Ananthamaalai, SIND8,875 0.8%
06 Ezhumalai, VABHM6,824 0.6%
07 Rajendran, KBSP5,179 0.5%
08 Rajkumar, SIND4,896 0.4%
09 Thirusangu, AIND3,370 0.3%
10 Pazhanivel, PIND1,772 0.2%
11 Parvathi, SIND1,543 0.1%
12 Pushparaj, SIND1,523 0.1%
13 Senthamizhselvi, KIND1,469 0.1%
14 Chandragasan, NIND1,182 0.1%
15 Sanmugam, AIND1,071 0.1%

Turnout 79.7%

Male 6.87 lakh50.3% Female 6.79 lakh49.7%

Share of 13,66,189 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males989
NOTAcounted within the total12,138 · 0.9%
State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 201475.5%
ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 10,76,285Verified

Seat history 2024–1962

2024
8.9 pp
Thirumaavalavan TholViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
2019
0.3 pp
Thirumaavalavan TholViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
2014
11.8 pp
Chandrakasi, MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009
11.4 pp
Thirumaavalavan, TholViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
2004
30.6 pp
Ganesan. LMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
2.5 pp
Elumalai +Aea- Dalit Ezhimalai R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999
12.7 pp
Arangarajan KumaramangalamBharatiya Janata Party
1998
1.8 pp
Rangarajan KumaramangalamBharatiya Janata Party
1996
36.8 pp
Adaikkalraj.LTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
1991
31.4 pp
L. Adaikala RajIndian National Congress
1989
23.8 pp
L.AdaikalarajIndian National Congress
1984
17.0 pp
AdaikalarajIndian National Congress
1980
14.2 pp
Selvaraju N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
15.5 pp
M. KalyanasundaramCommunist Party of India
1967
7.9 pp
A. DurairasuDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962
13.7 pp
R. Ramanathan ChettiarIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed PMK polled 2,79,016 votes, 2.2× the 1,28,495-vote margin.
2,79,016 ÷ 1,28,495 = 2.2
The top two polled 67.1% of votes; the other 13 candidates 31.8% between them.
(4,29,536 + 3,01,041) ÷ 10,88,423 = 67.1% · 3,45,708 ÷ 10,88,423 = 31.8%
Turnout of 79.7% was 4.2 pp above the state's median seat (75.5%).
79.7 − 75.5 = +4.2
The margin widened from 11.4 pp in 2009 to 11.8 pp.
11.8 − 11.4 = +0.4 pp
Thirumaavalavan, Thol, the 2009 winner, finished second in 2014.
2009 winner name = 2014 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines10,76,285
NOTAcounted within the total12,138
Published totalVotes polled10,88,423
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2014 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates15 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 39 seats on the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 2014 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database