Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2016

Kumarapalayam

Assembly constituency 97 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#97 · GEN

Poll date16 May 2016

Contestants25

Electors2,32,414

Votes polled1,83,658

Turnout79.0%

NOTA2,9941.3% of votes

WinnerThangamani PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,03,03256.1% of votes

MARGIN47,329 votes · 25.8 pp1,03,032 − 55,703

Runner-upYuvaraj P Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam55,70330.3% of votes

AIADMK 64.9% of top-two votesDMK 35.1%

All candidates 25

01 Thangamani PAIADMK1,03,032 56.1%
02 Yuvaraj PDMK55,703 30.3%
03 Madeshwaran P ADMDK9,784 5.3%
04 Arunkumar GNTK2,908 1.6%
05 Ponnusamy RKMDK2,813 1.5%
06 Murthy SPMK2,773 1.5%
07 Easwaran KBJP1,981 1.1%
08 Loganathan KIND777 0.4%
09 Selvaraj KIND566 0.3%
10 Kanchana NIND389 0.2%
11 Kokila RBSP367 0.2%
12 Karthi NIND354 0.2%
13 Ravichandran PGMI279 0.2%
14 Govindaraj ACPI(ML)L246 0.1%
15 Amirthalingam T V RIND234 0.1%
16 Saravanan CIND208 0.1%
17 Prabhakaran SIND196 0.1%
18 Selvaraj PIND190 0.1%
19 Ayyam PerumalIND179 0.1%
20 Gandhi Ramesh PIND163 0.1%
21 Pongiyannan SIND153 0.1%
22 Murugavel SIND108 0.1%
23 Selvakumar G VUCPI90 0.1%
24 Suresh MIND83 0.1%
25 Vijayakumar P KIND82 0.0%

Turnout 79.0%

Male 1.16 lakh49.7% Female 1.17 lakh50.3%

Share of 2,32,414 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,012
NOTAreported alongside the total2,994 · 1.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 232 seats, 201676.5%
ReconciliationΣ 25 candidates = 1,83,658Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
3.8 pp
C.VijayalakshmiTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
2021
15.8 pp
Thangamani.PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
25.8 pp
Thangamani PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
16.7 pp
Thangamani.PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
7.3 pp
Nedunchezhian.KPattali Makkal Katchi
2001
3.7 pp
Malaiyappasamy A.R.Pattali Makkal Katchi
1996
24.9 pp
Veerappan, K.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
39.3 pp
Saraswathi P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
7.4 pp
Mani, K.A.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(JAYALALITA GROUP)
1984
10.9 pp
P.SengottaiyanIndian National Congress
1980
6.1 pp
Velappan C. V.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
13.6 pp
K.SengodanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
4.8 pp
K. H. BommanSwatantra Party
1967
1.5 pp
C. NanjamIndian National Congress
1962
12.6 pp
K. PonniahIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 86.4% of votes; the other 23 candidates 13.6% between them.
(1,03,032 + 55,703) ÷ 1,83,658 = 86.4% · 24,923 ÷ 1,83,658 = 13.6%
Turnout of 79.0% was 2.5 pp above the state's median seat (76.5%).
79.0 − 76.5 = +2.5
The margin widened from 16.7 pp in 2011 to 25.8 pp.
25.8 − 16.7 = +9.1 pp
Thangamani P also won in 2011.
2011 winner name = 2016 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 25 candidate lines1,83,658
NOTAreported alongside the total2,994
Published totalVotes polled1,83,658
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

Candidates25 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