Dharapuram
Assembly constituency 101 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu
[01]Result · 2026
#101 · GENAll candidates 9
Turnout 89.4%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total1,058
- State median turnoutmedian of 233 seats, 202686.6%
- ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 1,98,886Verified
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
8.4 ppSathyabama.PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 2021
0.7 ppKayalvizhi NDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 2016
5.6 ppKalimuthu. V.SIndian National Congress
- 2011
9.3 ppPonnusamy.KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 2006
0.1 ppChinnaraj.O.K .All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 2001
28.8 ppSelvaraj A.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 1996
22.4 ppArunkumar, B.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 1991
33.5 ppSulochana L.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 1989
5.8 ppGopalakrishnan, V.Indian National Congress
- 1984
18.7 ppChinnaraj, M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 1980
19.2 ppPalanisamy, S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 1977
6.5 ppS. PalanisamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 1971
1.2 ppT. O. PeriaswamyIndependent
- 1967
8.7 ppR. K. GounderSwatantra Party
- 1962
19.4 ppK. N. Palamisamy GounderIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 33.5 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Third-placed TVK polled 46,438 votes, 2.8× the 16,727-vote margin.
46,438 ÷ 16,727 = 2.8 -
The top two polled 72.8% of votes; the other 7 candidates 26.7% between them.
(81,100 + 64,373) ÷ 1,99,944 = 72.8% · 53,413 ÷ 1,99,944 = 26.7% -
Turnout of 89.4% was 2.8 pp above the state's median seat (86.6%).
89.4 − 86.6 = +2.8 -
The margin widened from 0.7 pp in 2021 to 8.4 pp.
8.4 − 0.7 = +7.7 pp -
The seat changed hands: DMK in 2021, AIADMK in 2026.
2021 DMK · 2026 AIADMK
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Verified- Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines1,98,886
- NOTAcounted within the total1,058
- Published totalVotes polled1,99,944
- Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds
Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates9 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified
State median turnoutComputed from 233 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database