Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2016

Thiruverumbur

Assembly constituency 142 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#142 · GEN

Poll date16 May 2016

Contestants21

Electors2,67,527

Votes polled1,80,292

Turnout67.4%

NOTA2,6761.0% of votes

WinnerAnbil Mahesh PoyyamozhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam85,95047.7% of votes

MARGIN16,695 votes · 9.3 pp85,950 − 69,255

Runner-upKalaichelvan.D All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam69,25538.4% of votes

DMK 55.4% of top-two votesAIADMK 44.6%

All candidates 21

01 Anbil Mahesh PoyyamozhiDMK85,950 47.7%
02 Kalaichelvan.DAIADMK69,255 38.4%
03 Senthilkumar.SDMDK13,155 7.3%
04 Cholasooran VNTK3,353 1.9%
05 Chittibabu EBJP3,144 1.7%
06 Dilipkumar.KPMK1,498 0.8%
07 Samsudeen SSDPI809 0.5%
08 Selvakumar.MIND463 0.3%
09 Sathish Kumar.PIND446 0.3%
10 Syed Mohamed Abuthager.IIND385 0.2%
11 Sachithanantham.KBSP331 0.2%
12 Kalaiselvan.KIND286 0.2%
13 Larance YICF250 0.1%
14 Palanimanickam.A.GAIFB213 0.1%
15 Ramesh.KTMMK164 0.1%
16 Sathiskumar.SGMI139 0.1%
17 Shakul Hameed.SWPI130 0.1%
18 Jagadeesan.N.BVTIP124 0.1%
19 Priya.RIND75 0.0%
20 Ramachandran. RIND71 0.0%
21 Raju.NIND51 0.0%

Turnout 67.4%

Male 1.33 lakh49.7% Female 1.35 lakh50.3%

Share of 2,67,527 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,013
NOTAreported alongside the total2,676 · 1.0%
State median turnoutmedian of 232 seats, 201676.5%
ReconciliationΣ 21 candidates = 1,80,292Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
4.1 pp
Vijayakumar (A) Navalpattu S. VijiTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
2021
25.4 pp
Anbil Mahesh PoyyamozhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
9.3 pp
Anbil Mahesh PoyyamozhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
2.8 pp
S.SenthilkumarDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2007
26.4 pp
Rajendren K.S.KIndian National Congress
2006
2.6 pp
Shanmugam S VAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
0.7 pp
Valarmathijebaraj.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996
43.3 pp
P.T.R. Palanivel RajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
28.2 pp
Shanmugam S.V.Indian National Congress
1989
18.7 pp
PonmuthuramalingamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
3.2 pp
Pon MuthuramalingamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
21.8 pp
Ramachandran, M. G.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
21.3 pp
T.P.M. PeriyaswamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
0.2 pp
P. MalaichamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967
12.3 pp
P.MalaichamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962
7.1 pp
S. RamalingamIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 43.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 86.1% of votes; the other 19 candidates 13.9% between them.
(85,950 + 69,255) ÷ 1,80,292 = 86.1% · 25,087 ÷ 1,80,292 = 13.9%
Turnout of 67.4% was 9.1 pp below the state's median seat (76.5%).
67.4 − 76.5 = −9.1
The margin widened from 2.8 pp in 2011 to 9.3 pp.
9.3 − 2.8 = +6.5 pp
The seat changed hands: DMDK in 2011, DMK in 2016.
2011 DMDK · 2016 DMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 21 candidate lines1,80,292
NOTAreported alongside the total2,676
Published totalVotes polled1,80,292
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2016 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates21 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 232 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2016 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database