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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2001

Chinnasalem

Assembly constituency 72 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2001

[01]Result · 2001

#72 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6
Electors1,83,679
Votes polled1,17,934
Turnout64.2%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerMohan .PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam60,55451.4% of votes
MARGIN9,112 votes · 7.7 pp60,554 − 51,442
Runner-upMookkappan. .R Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam51,44243.6% of votes
AIADMK 54.1% of top-two votesDMK 45.9%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Mohan .PAIADMK60,554 51.4%
  2. 02 Mookkappan. .RDMK51,442 43.6%
  3. 03 Vaithilingam .AMDMK2,285 1.9%
  4. 04 Manamohandoss .AIND1,843 1.6%
  5. 05 Sekar .KIND1,220 1.0%
  6. 06 Arumugam .BIND572 0.5%

Turnout 64.2%

025507510064.2%TURNOUT◦ state median 61.0%
Male 91,22549.7% Female 92,45450.3%

Share of 1,83,679 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,013
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 234 seats, 200161.0%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 1,17,916Residual 18

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    0.4 pp
    Vanni ArasuViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
  2. 2021
    5.4 pp
    Arjunan PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2016
    0.1 pp
    Seethapathy PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2011
    10.1 pp
    Haridoss.DAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2006
    15.3 pp
    Udhayasooriyan. TDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 2001
    7.7 pp
    Mohan .PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1996
    27.0 pp
    R. MookkappanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1991
    36.3 pp
    Paramasivam R.P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1989
    13.0 pp
    Udhayasuriyan, T.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  10. 1984
    26.0 pp
    S.SivaramanIndependent
  11. 1980
    6.9 pp
    Sivaraman, SIndian National Congress
  12. 1977
    4.6 pp
    M. SubramanianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1971
    1.1 pp
    K. S. KothanadaramaiahIndependent
  14. 1967
    31.5 pp
    K. S. KothandramiahSwatantra Party
  15. 1962
    14.1 pp
    Ramasamy UdayarIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 95.0% of votes; the other 4 candidates 5.0% between them.

    (60,554 + 51,442) ÷ 1,17,934 = 95.0% · 5,920 ÷ 1,17,934 = 5.0%

  2. Turnout of 64.2% was 3.2 pp above the state's median seat (61.0%).

    64.2 − 61.0 = +3.2

  3. The margin narrowed from 27.0 pp in 1996 to 7.7 pp.

    7.7 − 27.0 = −19.3 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: DMK in 1996, AIADMK in 2001.

    1996 DMK · 2001 AIADMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines1,17,916
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,17,934
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 18

Candidate votes miss the published total by 18, 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

Candidates6 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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