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Erode (East)

Assembly constituency 98 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#98 · GEN
Poll date16 May 2016
Contestants14
Electors2,14,592
Votes polled1,44,922
Turnout67.5%
NOTA3,0961.4% of votes
WinnerThennarasu K SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam64,87944.8% of votes
MARGIN7,794 votes · 5.4 pp64,879 − 57,085
Runner-upChandhirakumar V C Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam57,08539.4% of votes
AIADMK 53.2% of top-two votesDMK 46.8%

All candidates 14

  1. 01 Thennarasu K SAIADMK64,879 44.8%
  2. 02 Chandhirakumar V CDMK57,085 39.4%
  3. 03 PonchairmanDMDK6,776 4.7%
  4. 04 Rajeshkumar PBJP5,549 3.8%
  5. 05 Jaganathan SKMDK2,721 1.9%
  6. 06 Alaudeen ANTK2,262 1.6%
  7. 07 Sadhik Basha KSDPI2,176 1.5%
  8. 08 RajendranPMK2,111 1.5%
  9. 09 Kannan RIND406 0.3%
  10. 10 Loganathan P TIND294 0.2%
  11. 11 Krishnan PBSP234 0.2%
  12. 12 Ramesh MSMK220 0.2%
  13. 13 Senthilkumar KUMK109 0.1%
  14. 14 Perumalraj RGMI100 0.1%

Turnout 67.5%

025507510067.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 76.5%
Male 1.06 lakh49.3% Female 1.09 lakh50.7%

Share of 2,14,592 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,027
  • NOTAreported alongside the total3,096 · 1.4%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 232 seats, 201676.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 14 candidates = 1,44,922Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    14.8 pp
    M.Vijay BalajiTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
  2. 2023
    Margin not recorded
    E. V. K. S. ElangovanIndian National Congress
  3. 2021
    5.9 pp
    Thirumahan Everaa,e.Indian National Congress
  4. 2016
    5.4 pp
    Thennarasu K SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2011
    7.8 pp
    Chandhirakumar V.CDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
  6. 2006
    0.1 pp
    Thanngamani.PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 2001
    24.3 pp
    Ponnaiyan.CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1996
    24.8 pp
    Arumugam, T.P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1991
    49.9 pp
    Selvaganapathi T.M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  10. 1989
    11.6 pp
    Ramasamy, V.Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1984
    13.1 pp
    Ponnaiyan C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1980
    13.5 pp
    Ponnaiyan, C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1977
    27.3 pp
    C. PonnaiyanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1971
    21.9 pp
    M. DevarajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1967
    36.1 pp
    K. BojanSwatantra Party
  16. 1962
    14.7 pp
    N. MahalingamIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 49.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 84.2% of votes; the other 12 candidates 15.8% between them.

    (64,879 + 57,085) ÷ 1,44,922 = 84.2% · 22,958 ÷ 1,44,922 = 15.8%

  2. Turnout of 67.5% was 9.0 pp below the state's median seat (76.5%).

    67.5 − 76.5 = −9.0

  3. The margin narrowed from 7.8 pp in 2011 to 5.4 pp.

    5.4 − 7.8 = −2.4 pp

  4. Chandhirakumar V C, the 2011 winner, finished second in 2016.

    2011 winner name = 2016 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 14 candidate lines1,44,922
  • NOTAreported alongside the total3,096
  • Published totalVotes polled1,44,922
  • 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

Candidates14 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

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