GEN · Tamil Nadu
Chidambaram
Thirumaavalavan, Thol (VCK) won by 99,083 votes (11.4%).
- Electors
- 11,26,828
- Votes polled
- 8,69,428
- Valid votes
- 8,68,333
- Turnout
- 77.2%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 2009-04-16
Margin vs 2009 national median: 11.4% (median 7.0%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 2009 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 8.9%(+8.7%)
- Turnout
- 76.8%(-2.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.8%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 78.3%
Winning margin over time · Chidambaram
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thirumaavalavan, TholWinner | VCK | 4,28,804 | 49.3% |
| 2 | Ponnuswamy,e | PMK | 3,29,721 | 37.9% |
| 3 | Sasikumar, S | DMDK | 66,283 | 7.6% |
| 4 | Manikandan, V | IND | 9,799 | 1.1% |
| 5 | Marudhamuthu, V | IND | 8,367 | 1.0% |
| 6 | Kaviyarasan, N | IND | 6,173 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Rajendiran, N.R | BSP | 5,718 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Susila , L | IND | 4,178 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Selvakumar, C | RKSP | 3,140 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Dharmalingam, C | IND | 2,678 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Sakthivel,p | IND | 1,950 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Senthamil Selvi , K | IND | 1,500 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Kanagasabai, R | IND | 1,398 | 0.2% |
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