Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2016

Villupuram

Assembly constituency 74 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#74 · GEN

Poll date16 May 2016

Contestants24

Electors2,45,110

Votes polled1,87,263

Turnout76.4%

NOTA1,7010.7% of votes

WinnerShanmugam C VeAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam69,42137.1% of votes

MARGIN22,291 votes · 11.9 pp69,421 − 47,130

Runner-upAmeer Abbas S M Indian Union Muslim League47,13025.2% of votes

AIADMK 59.6% of top-two votesIUML 40.4%

All candidates 24

01 Shanmugam C VeAIADMK69,421 37.1%
02 Ameer Abbas S MIUML47,130 25.2%
03 Palanivel PPMK36,456 19.5%
04 Vengatesan LDMDK24,907 13.3%
05 Jayakumar RamaBJP2,188 1.2%
06 Subramani KNTK1,231 0.7%
07 Mugamadhu Ali Jinna MIND841 0.5%
08 Venkatesan AIND801 0.4%
09 Palanivel PIND578 0.3%
10 Dinesh GIND461 0.3%
11 Kaliamoorthy G KarunchiruthaiBSP456 0.2%
12 Shanmugam V CIND370 0.2%
13 Shanmugam PIND357 0.2%
14 Sulthan Moideen DIND294 0.2%
15 Jeyachandran JGMI265 0.1%
16 Murugan KIND230 0.1%
17 Anandhbabu AIND215 0.1%
18 Meenakshi VIND182 0.1%
19 Ramakrishnan RSP180 0.1%
20 Venkatesh Kumar KIND165 0.1%
21 Victor A SIND161 0.1%
22 Shanmugam KIND140 0.1%
23 Iniyadhayalan GIND122 0.1%
24 Shanmugam AIND112 0.1%

Turnout 76.4%

Male 1.21 lakh49.3% Female 1.24 lakh50.7%

Share of 2,45,110 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,028
NOTAreported alongside the total1,701 · 0.7%
State median turnoutmedian of 232 seats, 201676.5%
ReconciliationΣ 24 candidates = 1,87,263Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
1.9 pp
Lakshmanan RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021
7.3 pp
Lakshmanan RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
11.9 pp
Shanmugam C VeAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
7.0 pp
Shanmugam.C.VAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
5.8 pp
Gopinath.KIndian National Congress
2001
5.0 pp
Gopinath .KIndian National Congress
1996
1.3 pp
Venkatasamy, B.Janata Dal
1991
8.5 pp
Manoharan K.A.Indian National Congress
1989
2.1 pp
N. Ramachandra ReddyIndian National Congress
1984
25.2 pp
T.VenkataraddyIndian National Congress
1980
8.3 pp
Venkata Reddy, TIndian National Congress
1977
31.5 pp
N. Ramchandra ReddyIndian National Congress
1971
30.0 pp
V. C. GovindasamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967
5.5 pp
P. NaiduIndian National Congress
1962
14.6 pp
A. Rathanavel GounderIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 31.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed PMK polled 36,456 votes, 1.6× the 22,291-vote margin.
36,456 ÷ 22,291 = 1.6
The top two polled 62.2% of votes; the other 22 candidates 37.8% between them.
(69,421 + 47,130) ÷ 1,87,263 = 62.2% · 70,712 ÷ 1,87,263 = 37.8%
Turnout of 76.4% was 0.1 pp below the state's median seat (76.5%).
76.4 − 76.5 = −0.1
The margin widened from 7.0 pp in 2011 to 11.9 pp.
11.9 − 7.0 = +4.9 pp
AIADMK held the seat it won in 2011.
2011 AIADMK · 2016 AIADMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 24 candidate lines1,87,263
NOTAreported alongside the total1,701
Published totalVotes polled1,87,263
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

Candidates24 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