Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2016

Tiruchengodu

Assembly constituency 96 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#96 · GEN

Poll date16 May 2016

Contestants24

Electors2,18,127

Votes polled1,74,285

Turnout79.9%

NOTA2,2791.0% of votes

WinnerSaraswathi PonAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam73,10341.9% of votes

MARGIN3,390 votes · 1.9 pp73,103 − 69,713

Runner-upElangoavan Bar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam69,71340.0% of votes

AIADMK 51.2% of top-two votesDMK 48.8%

All candidates 24

01 Saraswathi PonAIADMK73,103 41.9%
02 Elangoavan BarDMK69,713 40.0%
03 Vijayakamal JDMDK6,688 3.8%
04 Rajavel Nathi SKMDK6,471 3.7%
05 Muthumani PIND5,923 3.4%
06 Nagarajan SBJP2,499 1.4%
07 Raja SPMK2,012 1.2%
08 Natarajan PNTK1,968 1.1%
09 Saraswathi SIND1,345 0.8%
10 Saraswathi PIND826 0.5%
11 Sakthivel SIND817 0.5%
12 Elangovan PIND814 0.5%
13 Sudhakar BIND493 0.3%
14 Gunasekaran EIND228 0.1%
15 Marimuthu SRPI(A)201 0.1%
16 Ravikumar DIND194 0.1%
17 Kamala M.PIND178 0.1%
18 Vinoth MGMI171 0.1%
19 Manimegalai GIND144 0.1%
20 Kabilanand MIND140 0.1%
21 Elango SIND108 0.1%
22 Devarasu MIND91 0.1%
23 Nagarajan JIND85 0.1%
24 Balusamy MIND73 0.0%

Turnout 79.9%

Male 1.07 lakh49.2% Female 1.11 lakh50.7%

Share of 2,18,127 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,030
NOTAreported alongside the total2,279 · 1.0%
State median turnoutmedian of 232 seats, 201676.5%
ReconciliationΣ 24 candidates = 1,74,285Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
14.7 pp
Arunraj K GTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
2021
1.6 pp
Eswaran E RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
1.9 pp
Saraswathi PonAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
16.0 pp
Sampathkumar. PDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2006
5.6 pp
Jayakumar.KIndian National Congress
2001
25.1 pp
Jayakumar.KIndian National Congress
1996
29.2 pp
Veisamy, K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
42.6 pp
Anbalagan S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
3.6 pp
P. DuraisamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
15.7 pp
R.ArunachalamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
4.6 pp
Arunachalam R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
18.5 pp
R. ArunachalamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
4.8 pp
Moo MarimuthuDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967
14.7 pp
M. MarimuthuDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962
5.7 pp
R. Rajagopalasami NaickerIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 42.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed DMDK polled 6,688 votes, 2.0× the 3,390-vote margin.
6,688 ÷ 3,390 = 2.0
The top two polled 81.9% of votes; the other 22 candidates 18.1% between them.
(73,103 + 69,713) ÷ 1,74,285 = 81.9% · 31,469 ÷ 1,74,285 = 18.1%
Turnout of 79.9% was 3.4 pp above the state's median seat (76.5%).
79.9 − 76.5 = +3.4
The margin narrowed from 16.0 pp in 2011 to 1.9 pp.
1.9 − 16.0 = −14.1 pp
The seat changed hands: DMDK in 2011, AIADMK in 2016.
2011 DMDK · 2016 AIADMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 24 candidate lines1,74,285
NOTAreported alongside the total2,279
Published totalVotes polled1,74,285
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