Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Sivaganga

Chidambaram P (INC) won by 3,354 votes (0.4%).

Electors
10,92,438
Votes polled
7,76,037
Valid votes
7,75,224
Turnout
71.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 0.4% (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.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
19.7%(-11.2%)
Turnout
64.5%(-6.4%)
NOTA
0.8%
Top-2 squeeze
62.2%

Winning margin over time · Sivaganga

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Candidates

Candidates · Sivaganga 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chidambaram PWinnerINC3,34,34843.1%
2Raja Kannappan R.S.ADMK3,30,99442.7%
3Barwatha Regina PapaDMDK60,0547.7%
4Thoothai Selvam MIND6,9970.9%
5Devar M.G.BSP6,6000.9%
6Malairaj PIND6,4810.8%
7Rajagopal SIND4,6800.6%
8Sakthivel KMMKA4,5590.6%
9Gunasekaran PIND3,0010.4%
10Chithambaram SIND2,4970.3%
11Arimazham Thiyagi Subramanian Mutharaiyar MIND2,3340.3%
12Rajiv RIND2,0210.3%
13Samudram Kalaimani KIND1,9650.3%
14Abupacker Sithik JIND1,8740.2%
15Ramasamy R.A.PT1,8640.2%
16Radhakrishnan AIND1,2640.2%
17Karmegam KIND1,2300.2%
18Alagappan Aru.IND1,0280.1%
19Aanandan V.S.K.S.IND7460.1%
20Alagappan PlIND7160.1%

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