Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2016

Omalur

Assembly constituency 84 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#84 · GEN

Poll date16 May 2016

Contestants19

Electors2,66,164

Votes polled2,25,556

Turnout84.7%

NOTA1,7390.7% of votes

WinnerVetrivel.SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam89,16939.5% of votes

MARGIN19,956 votes · 8.8 pp89,169 − 69,213

Runner-upAmmasi.S Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam69,21330.7% of votes

AIADMK 56.3% of top-two votesDMK 43.7%

All candidates 19

01 Vetrivel.SAIADMK89,169 39.5%
02 Ammasi.SDMK69,213 30.7%
03 Tamilarasu.APMK48,721 21.6%
04 Elangovan.A.RDMDK9,744 4.3%
05 Selvaraj.CIND1,486 0.7%
06 Saravanan.PKMDK1,111 0.5%
07 Govindaraj.SIJK1,030 0.5%
08 Ramesh.VNTK944 0.4%
09 Selvaraj.PIND683 0.3%
10 Sadaiyan.MBSP633 0.3%
11 Arjunan.MIND537 0.2%
12 Ragupathi.P.MNCP537 0.2%
13 Abdul Wahid.EIND390 0.2%
14 Kaliappan.AIND309 0.1%
15 Saraswathi.PIND298 0.1%
16 Selladurai.VIND262 0.1%
17 Ambethkar.VIND216 0.1%
18 Raja.KIND166 0.1%
19 Ravisankar.GIND107 0.1%

Turnout 84.7%

Male 1.38 lakh51.9% Female 1.28 lakh48.1%

Share of 2,66,164 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males928
NOTAreported alongside the total1,739 · 0.7%
State median turnoutmedian of 232 seats, 201676.5%
ReconciliationΣ 19 candidates = 2,25,556Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
5.4 pp
Mani. RAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021
22.3 pp
R.ManiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
8.8 pp
Vetrivel.SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
24.8 pp
Krishnan.CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
8.1 pp
Mani G KPattali Makkal Katchi
2001
6.9 pp
Sundarambal .SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996
16.4 pp
Gopal, P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
23.6 pp
S. SundarambalAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
1.2 pp
Sreerangan, M.Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984
17.6 pp
Machimuthu K.P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
22.2 pp
Nachimuthu, K.PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
23.5 pp
K.P. Nachimuthu GounderAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
7.5 pp
RajaramDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967
17.2 pp
E. R. KrishnanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962
16.3 pp
K. S. Subramania GounderIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 24.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed PMK polled 48,721 votes, 2.4× the 19,956-vote margin.
48,721 ÷ 19,956 = 2.4
The top two polled 70.2% of votes; the other 17 candidates 29.8% between them.
(89,169 + 69,213) ÷ 2,25,556 = 70.2% · 67,174 ÷ 2,25,556 = 29.8%
Turnout of 84.7% was 8.2 pp above the state's median seat (76.5%).
84.7 − 76.5 = +8.2
The margin narrowed from 24.8 pp in 2011 to 8.8 pp.
8.8 − 24.8 = −16.0 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 19 candidate lines2,25,556
NOTAreported alongside the total1,739
Published totalVotes polled2,25,556
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

Candidates19 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