Name: Melur Vidhan Sabha 2016 result - Tamil Nadu
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Winner: PERIYAPULLAN @ SELVAM PAIADMK · All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Votes: 88,90951.8% share
Margin ?: 19,723over DMK
Turnout ?: 73.4%171,744 of 234,129
NOTA ?: 757

Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources

All candidates, 2016
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	PERIYAPULLAN @ SELVAM P Winner	AIADMK	88,909	51.77%
2	RAGUPTHY A.P	DMK	69,186	40.28%
3	BHARATH NATCHIYAPPAN T.N	Tamil Maanila Congre	4,579	2.67%
4	BOOPATHIKAKKAN P.V	BJP	1,921	1.12%
5	SEEMAN I T	Naam Tamilar Katchi	1,339	0.78%
6	RISHI KAPOOR. S	SDPI	828	0.48%
7	KALAIMANI S	FBL	773	0.45%
8	ABDUL SALAM A.K	PMK	746	0.43%
9	PANDIDURAI A	IND	662	0.39%
10	MANOHARAN. V	IND	478	0.28%
11	KARIKALAN. S	IND	401	0.23%
12	PALANIKUMAR S	IND	374	0.22%
13	DEVADASAN S	IND	337	0.20%
14	PAKKIYANATHAN K	IND	337	0.20%
15	ANITHA R	Gandhiyan Peoples Pa	210	0.12%
16	PANDI K	IND	169	0.10%
17	DHARMAR P	IND	161	0.09%
18	JOTHI.V	IND	135	0.08%
19	GANDHIPRABHU R	IND	109	0.06%
20	VEERANAN E	RJD	90	0.05%

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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.

Winning party by year

2026INCby 2,724
2021AIADMKby 35,162
2016AIADMKby 19,723
2011AIADMKby 24,462
2006AIADMKby 3,173
2001ADMKby 26,838
1996TMC(M)by 44,741
1991INCby 52,772
1989INCby 8,650
1984INCby 27,046
1980INC(I)by 12,154
1977ADKby 156

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