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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2001

Cuddalore

Assembly constituency 63 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2001

[01]Result · 2001

#63 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7
Electors2,12,016
Votes polled1,19,983
Turnout56.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerPugazhendi .EDravida Munnetra Kazhagam54,67145.6% of votes
MARGIN34 votes · 0.0 pp54,671 − 54,637
Runner-upVenkatesan .P.R.S. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)54,63745.6% of votes
DMK 50.0% of top-two votesTMC(M) 50.0%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Pugazhendi .EDMK54,671 45.6%
  2. 02 Venkatesan .P.R.S.TMC(M)54,637 45.6%
  3. 03 Pathmanaban .SMDMK7,119 5.9%
  4. 04 Sriramulu S.IND1,284 1.1%
  5. 05 Muruganantham .SPB929 0.8%
  6. 06 Senthilkumar .DIND685 0.6%
  7. 07 Viruthagiri R.MNKPL537 0.5%

Turnout 56.6%

025507510056.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 61.0%
Male 1.07 lakh50.5% Female 1.05 lakh49.5%

Share of 2,12,016 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males981
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 234 seats, 200161.0%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 1,19,862Residual 121

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    1.1 pp
    Velu. E.VDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    45.8 pp
    E V VeluDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2016
    24.9 pp
    Velu E.V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2011
    3.0 pp
    Velu E.VDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2006
    4.5 pp
    Iyappan.G.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 2001
    0.0 pp
    Pugazhendi .EDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1996
    39.0 pp
    E. PugazhendhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1991
    13.9 pp
    Venkatesan P.R.S.Indian National Congress
  9. 1989
    20.1 pp
    Pugazhendi, E.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  10. 1984
    17.4 pp
    V. G. CheelappaIndian National Congress
  11. 1980
    3.8 pp
    Babu GovindarajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1977
    2.4 pp
    K. Abdul LatheefAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1971
    9.3 pp
    M. SelvrajDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    11.5 pp
    G. BhuvaraghanIndian National Congress
  15. 1962
    5.4 pp
    K. ParthasarathiIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 45.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed MDMK polled 7,119 votes, 209× the 34-vote margin.

    7,119 ÷ 34 = 209.4

  2. The top two polled 91.1% of votes; the other 5 candidates 8.8% between them.

    (54,671 + 54,637) ÷ 1,19,983 = 91.1% · 10,554 ÷ 1,19,983 = 8.8%

  3. Turnout of 56.6% was 4.4 pp below the state's median seat (61.0%).

    56.6 − 61.0 = −4.4

  4. The margin narrowed from 39.0 pp in 1996 to 0.0 pp.

    0.0 − 39.0 = −39.0 pp

  5. DMK held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 DMK · 2001 DMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines1,19,862
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,19,983
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 121

Candidate votes miss the published total by 121, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2001 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates7 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 234 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2001 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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