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Vidhan Sabha 2016 · Tamil Nadu · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- SELVAM KU. KADMK
- Votes
- 61,72644.5% share
- Margin ?
- 8,829over AIADMK
- Turnout ?
- 57.0%138,770 of 243,386
- NOTA ?
- 3,633
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
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SELVAM KU. KA Winner | DMK | 61,726 | 44.48% |
| 2 | VALARMATHI B | AIADMK | 52,897 | 38.12% |
| 3 | SHIVALINGAM M | BJP | 8,516 | 6.14% |
| 4 | AMBIGAPATHY C | MDMK | 7,805 | 5.62% |
| 5 | RANGAN V | PMK | 3,968 | 2.86% |
| 6 | MURUGESAN | Naam Tamilar Katchi | 2,075 | 1.50% |
| 7 | ELANGO M | YSP | 506 | 0.36% |
| 8 | JAFFER SADIK J | IND | 184 | 0.13% |
| 9 | DHANANJAYAN T S | IND | 174 | 0.13% |
| 10 | MOGAN KUMAR S P | IND | 143 | 0.10% |
| 11 | MURUGAN S | IND | 141 | 0.10% |
| 12 | SELVAM R | IND | 121 | 0.09% |
| 13 | ARUNTHATHI RAMACHANDRAN | IND | 93 | 0.07% |
| 14 | SELVAM P | IND | 68 | 0.05% |
| 15 | MANIKANDAN A | IND | 61 | 0.04% |
| 16 | KUMAR K | IND | 56 | 0.04% |
| 17 | RAMESH A | IND | 50 | 0.04% |
| 18 | SANTHAKUMAR K | IND | 40 | 0.03% |
| 19 | SELVAM T | IND | 39 | 0.03% |
| 20 | IYYANAR C | IND | 38 | 0.03% |
| 21 | GOKULAKRISHNAN E | IND | 35 | 0.03% |
| 22 | KARTHIK D | IND | 34 | 0.02% |
Total valid votes were not provided by the source for this election; shares are the source's own percentages.
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 2026TVKby 15,141
- 2021DMKby 32,462
- 2016DMKby 8,829
- 2011AIADMKby 7,592
- 2006DMKby 2,468
- 2001DMKby 7,274
- 1996DMKby 44,877
- 1991ADKby 16,981
- 1989DMKby 20,634
- 1984ADKby 2,292
- 1980ADKby 307
- 1977DMKby 4,858
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