2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:2011
Next Year:2021
Election Date: (232 Seats)
19 November 2016 (2 Seats)
Seats For Election:All 234 elected seats in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:118
Turnout:74.81% (3.48%)
Leader1:J. Jayalalithaa
Leader Since1:1989
Leaders Seat1:Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
Last Election1:203 seats
(alliance)
Party1:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance1:Unallied
Seats1:136
Seat Change1:67
Popular Vote1:17,617,060
Percentage1:40.88%
Swing1:10.14%
Leader2:M. Karunanidhi
Leader Since2:1969
Party2:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance2:UPA+DPA
Leaders Seat2:Thiruvarur
Last Election2:31 seats (alliance)
Seats2:98
Seat Change2:67
Popular Vote2:17,175,374
Percentage2:39.85%
Swing2:0.35%
Map2 Image:India Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2016.svg
Map Size:450px
Chief Minister
Before Election:J. Jayalalithaa
Before Party:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
After Election:J. Jayalalithaa
After Party:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The AIADMK under J. Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re-elected in Tamil Nadu since 1984, though with a simple majority.[1] The DMK won half of the seats it contested but its allies performed poorly; notably, the Indian National Congress won 16% of the seats they contested, and the alliance lost due to its poor performance.[2] [3] [4] [5] The votes were counted on 19 May 2016.[6] In the previous election in 2011, AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a thumping majority and formed the government, while DMDK chief Vijayakanth served as the Leader of Opposition until January 2016. This was the last election that J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi contested, as they both died later that year and 2018 respectively.

Background

By the requirement, state assembly election must be held at an interval of five years or whenever it is dissolved by the president. The previous election, to the 14th legislative assembly, was conducted 13 April 2011 and its term would have naturally expired on 22 May 2016. The election to the 15th legislative assembly was organised and conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and was held in a single phase on 16 May 2016. There were over 5.79 crore voters in the electoral rolls and 65,616 polling stations in Tamil Nadu.[7]

A special purification drive of electoral rolls between 15 and 29 February 2016 in all poll-bound States including Tamil Nadu was held, in which door-to-door verification was undertaken involving booth-level agents. On 12 February 2016, Election Commission of India announced that 17 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will have Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines attached along with EVMs.[8] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be in place in 4,000 booths.[9]

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Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu having VVPAT facility with EVMs[10] [11]
Anna NagarVelloreKrishnagiri
Salem NorthErode WestTirupur (North)
Coimbatore NorthDindigulTiruchirappalli West
CuddaloreThanjavurKancheepuram
VillupuramMadurai EastThoothukudi
Kanyakumari

Demographics

At the 2011 India census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 7,21,47,030. A total of 1,44,38,445 people constituting 20.01% of the total population belonged to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 7,94,697 people constituting 1.10% of the population belonged to Scheduled tribes (ST).[12] [13] [14] Other Backward Classes (OBCs) form 68% of the population.[15] As per the religious census of 2011, Tamil Nadu had 87.6% Hindus, 5.9% Muslims, 6.1% Christians, 0.1% Jains and 0.3% following other religions or no religion.[16]

Schedule

The elections were held on 16 May 2016,[17] with vote counting taking place on 19 May.[18] The elections in Kerala and Puducherry also took place on 16 May[19] but polling in two of the Tamil Nadu constituencies was postponed due to reports of voters being bribed.[20]

EventDate
Date for Nominations 22 April 2016
Last Date for filing Nominations 29 April 2016
Date for scrutiny of nominations 30 April 2016
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 2 May 2016
Date of poll 16 May 2016
Date of counting 19 May 2016
Date before which the election shall be completed 21 May 2016

Campaign to vote

To ensure that the electorate exercise their right to vote, the Election Commission of India (ECI) launched their own campaign in Tamil Nadu. The Chief Electoral Officer for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, Rajesh Lakhoni, utilised social media platforms by creating memes and tweets themed around films, which have a huge reach in Tamil Nadu. Additionally, the Election Commission also recruited media personalities Suriya, Ashwin and Karthik, whose campaigning videos were filmed and shared on social media.[21] The Election Commission also partnered with Twitter, for the first time in India, to boost its #TN100Percent hashtag campaign. Twitter users who have made use of the hashtag will be reminded to vote on the day of voting.[22] Twitter and Facebook collaborated with ECI in its awareness campaign on striving for 100 per cent voting in the polls.[23] [24]

Parties and Alliances

Party/Alliance SymbolLeaderContesting seats
AIADMK-led AllianceJ. Jayalalithaa227
Thamimum Ansari2[25]
C. K. Thamizharasan1
R. Sarathkumar1
U. Thaniyarasu1
Karunas1
Sheik Dawood1
SPA[26] M. Karunanidhi176
E. V. K. S. Elangovan41
K. M. Khader Mohideen5
M. H. Jawahirullah4
TelevisionDr. K. Krishnasamy4
N. R. Dhanapalan1
Pon. Kumar1
V. Sivakami1
People's Welfare Alliance[27] Vijayakanth109
Vaiko29
Mutharasan25
Communist Party of India (Marxist)G. Ramakrishnan20
Coconut FarmG. K. Vasan26
Thol. Thirumavalavan25
National Democratic AllianceTamilisai Soundararajan165
24
T. R. Paarivendhar45

Parties not in any coalition

Sl. No:Name of the PartyParty SymbolParty Leader
1Pattali Makkal KatchiAnbumani Ramadoss
2Naam Tamilar KatchiSeeman
3Tamil Nadu Youth Party (TNYP)
4Welfare Party of IndiaS. N. Sikkandar
5Social Democratic Party of IndiaThehlan Baqavi
6Anaithu Makkal Munnetra KazhagamPachathanni Manickam I.P.S
7Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai KatchiPanruti T. Velmurugan.
8All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenAsaduddin Owaisi
9Kongunadu Makkal Desia KatchiE.R. Eswaran

Candidates

On 4 April, AIADMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu.[28] On 14 April, DMK released its candidate list for Tamil Nadu.[29]

Gopi Shankar Madurai, a 25 years old gender activist made a bid to contest as one of the youngest candidates in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election and also the first openly Intersex & Genderqueer person to do so. Gopi contested on the ticket of newly launched outfit Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) for Madurai North. He secured 14th place out of 21 candidates.[30] [31] [32] [33]

Manifestos

DMK released its election manifesto on 10 April 2016.[34] [35] Bharatiya Janata Party released its election manifesto on 21 April 2016.[36] On 23 March 2016, Naam Tamilar Katchi published its 316-page election manifesto 2016, a complete plan to develop Tamil Nadu.[37] [38] Tamil Nadu Congress Committee released its election manifesto on 27 April 2016.[39] Pattali Makkal Katchi released its draft election manifesto on 15 September 2015 and final election manifesto on 15 April 2016.[40] AIADMK released its election manifesto on 5 May 2016.[41] [42]

Voter Turnout

Voter turnout for the 232 constituencies on 16 May was 74.81%.[43] Parts of Tamil Nadu received heavy rain on the polling day, but it did not deter voters from turning out to cast their votes. While the highest voter turn out was in Dharmapuri constituency recording 85% while the lowest voter turnout was in the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai recording 55%. Male voter turnout was 74.15% and female voter turnout was 74.33%.[44] [45]

Exit polls

AgencyAIADMKDMK+BJPPWF-DMDK/OthersRef.
India Today-Axis89–101124–1400–3NA/4-8[46]
News Nation95–99120-1180–112-16/5-9[47]
C Voter13978015/2[48]
NewsX901400NA/4[49]
ABP Nielsen951321NA/6
NDTV Poll of Polls1031200NA/11
Spick News1428702[50]
Thanthi TV1119913/2[51]

Results

The ruling AIADMK, beating most of the exit polls,[52] [53] was able to retain power with a comfortable majority and became the first party to win consecutive elections since 1984, a feat achieved by M. G. Ramachandran. Jayalalithaa bucked Anti-incumbency trend and cyclic change of governments in the state that hadn't voted back a government in last three decades.[54] [55] [56]

Vote share

|-style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align: center;" rowspan=2 colspan=4|Party/Alliance!! style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;" width="60" rowspan=2|Votes !! style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;" rowspan=2|% !! style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|Seats|-style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! style="text-align:center;"|Contested !! style="text-align:left;"|Won !! style="text-align:center;"|+/-|-| style="background-color:"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;" | 17,806,490 ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;"| 40.88% ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;"| 234 ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;"| 136 ||style="background-color:#ACE1AF;"| 14|-| rowspan="6" bgcolor="" || rowspan="6" |DPA| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) || 13,670,511 || 31.39% || 178 || 89 || 66|-| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Indian National Congress || 2,774,075 || 6.47% || 41 || 8 || 3|-| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Indian Union Muslim League || 313,808 || 0.73% || 5 || 1 || 1|-| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Puthiya Tamilagam || 219,830 || 0.51% || 4 || 0 || 2|-| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Manithaneya Makkal Katchi || 197,150 || 0.46% || 4 || 0 || 2|-|colspan="2" style="background: #F4C2C2;text-align:left"|Total|style="background: #F4C2C2"|17,175,374|style="background: #F4C2C2"|39.85|style="background: #F4C2C2"|234|style="background: #F4C2C2"|98|style="background: #F4C2C2"|66|-| rowspan="7" bgcolor="#CAE00D" || rowspan="7" |People's Welfare Alliance
(PWF)| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam || 1,037,431 || 2.41% || 105 || 0 || 20|-| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam || 373,713 || 0.87% || 28 || 0 || |-| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Communist Party of India || 340,290 || 0.79% || 25 || 0 || 9|-| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi ||331,849 || 0.77% || 25 || 0 || |-| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Communist Party of India (Marxist) || 307,303 || 0.72% || 25 || 0 || 10|-| style="background-color:"|  || style="text-align:left;"|Tamil Maanila Congress || 230,711 || 0.54% || 26 || 0 || |-|colspan="2" style="background: #FFFF99;text-align:left"|Total|style="background: #FFFF99"|2,621,297 |style="background: #FFFF99"|6.1|style="background: #FFFF99"|234|style="background: #FFFF99"|0|style="background: #FFFF99"|48|-| style="background-color:"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|Pattali Makkal Katchi || 2,302,564 || 5.36% || 234 || 0 || 3|-| style="background-color:"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|Bharatiya Janata Party || 1,235,660 || 2.86% || 234 || 0 || |-| style="background-color:"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|Naam Tamilar Katchi || 460,089 || 1.07% || 234 || 0 || |-| style="background-color:"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi || 167,560 || 0.39% || 72 || 0 || |-| style="background-color:"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|Bahujan Samaj Party || 97,823 || 0.23% || n/a || 0 || |-| style="background-color:"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|Social Democratic Party of India || 65,978 || 0.15% || n/a || 0 || |-| style="background-color:"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|Independents || 617,907 || 1.44% || 234 || 0 || |-| style="background-color:"|  || colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"|None of the above || 5,65,077 || 1.31% || 234 || – || –|- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold"| colspan=4 style="text-align:left;"|Total || 4,35,56,184 || 100.00 || - || 234 || -|-! colspan="9" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Valid votes| align="right" |4,35,56,184| align="right" |99.93| colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Invalid votes| align="right" |29,507| align="right" |0.07|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Votes cast / turnout| align="right" |4,35,85,691| align="right" |74.81|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Abstentions| align="right" | 1,46,74,574| align="right" |25.19|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Registered voters| align="right" | 5,82,60,506|colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"||-|}Election to two assembly constituencies were cancelled by the Election Commission on confirmed reports of bribing voters in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur. Elections were held later there on 26 October 2016 [57] [58]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[59] ! colspan="2"
Assembly ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
  1. k
NameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1GummidipoondiK. S. VijayakumarAIADMK89,33241.68%C. H. SekarDMK65,93730.76%23,395
2PonneriP. BalaramanAIADMK95,97948.56%Dr. Parimalam. KDMK76,64338.78%19,336
3TiruttaniP. M. NarasimhanAIADMK93,04541.84%Chidambaram. A. GINC69,90431.43%23,141
4ThiruvallurV. G. RaajendranDMK80,47339.02%Baskaran. AAIADMK75,33536.53%5,138
5PoonamalleeT. A. ElumalaiAIADMK103,95243.32%Paranthamen. IDMK92,18938.41%11,763
6AvadiK. PandiarajanAIADMK108,06439.92%S. M. NasarDMK106,66939.40%1,395
7MaduravoyalP. BenjaminAIADMK99,73940.12%Rajesh RINC91,33736.74%8,402
8AmbatturV. AlexanderAIADMK94,37541.10%Aassan MaulaanaINC76,87733.48%17,498
9MadavaramS. SudharsanamDMK122,08245.43%Dhakshnamoorthy DAIADMK106,82939.76%15,253
10ThiruvottiyurK. P. P. SamyDMK82,20543.25%Balraj. BAIADMK77,34240.69%4,863
11Dr. Radhakrishnan NagarJ. JayalalithaaAIADMK97,21855.87%Shimla MuthuchozhanDMK57,67333.14%39,545
12PeramburP. VetrivelAIADMK79,97442.39%N. R. DhanapalanDMK79,45542.11%519
13KolathurM. K. StalinDMK91,30354.25%Prabhakar. J. C. DAIADMK53,57331.83%37,730
14VillivakkamB. RanganathanDMK65,97243.96%Thadi M.RajuAIADMK56,65137.75%9,321
15Thiru-Vi-Ka-NagarP. Sivakumar @ ThayagamkaviDMK61,74445.25%Neelakandan. VAIADMK58,42242.82%3,322
16EgmoreK. S. RavichandranDMK55,06045.64%Parithi Ellamvazhuthi EAIADMK44,38136.79%10,679
17RoyapuramD. JayakumarAIADMK55,20545.21%Manohar RINC47,17438.63%8,031
18HarbourP. K. Sekar BabuDMK42,07140.36%Sreenivasan K SAIADMK37,23535.72%4,836
19Chepauk-ThiruvallikeniJ. AnbazhaganDMK67,98247.32%A. NoorjahanAIADMK53,81837.46%14,164
20Thousand LightsK. K. SelvamDMK61,72643.35%Valarmathi BAIADMK52,89737.15%8,829
21Anna NagarM. K. MohanDMK70,81241.59%S. Gokula IndiraAIADMK69,72640.95%1,086
22VirugampakkamV.N.Virugai RaviAIADMK65,97938.51%K ThanasekaranDMK63,64637.15%2,333
23SaidapetM. SubramaniamDMK79,27947.18%Ponnayan.CAIADMK63,02437.51%16,255
24ThiyagarayanagarB. SathyanarayananAIADMK53,20737.47%Dr. N. S. KanimozhiDMK50,05235.25%3,155
25MylaporeR Nataraj IPS (Rtd)AIADMK68,17643.67%Karate Thiagarajan.RINC53,44834.23%14,728
26VelacheryVagai ChanderasekarDMK70,13939.96%C MunusamyAIADMK61,26734.91%8,872
27ShozhinganallurS. Aravind RameshDMK147,01442.53%Sundaram NAIADMK132,10138.21%14,913
28AlandurAnbarasan. T.M.DMK96,87744.64%Panruti S. RamachandranAIADMK77,70835.81%19,169
29SriperumbudurPalani. KAIADMK101,00142.77%K. SelvaperunthagaiINC90,28538.23%10,716
30PallavaramKarunanithi. IDMK112,89144.94%C. R. SaraswathiAIADMK90,72636.12%22,165
31TambaramS. R. RajaDMK101,83543.27%Rajendran CAIADMK87,39037.13%14,445
32ChengalpattuM. VaralakshmiDMK112,67545.11%Kamalakkannan.RAIADMK86,38334.58%26,292
33ThiruporurKothandapani. MAIADMK70,21534.91%Viswanathan. VDMK69,26534.44%950
34CheyyurArasu R TDMK63,44637.51%Munusamy AAIADMK63,14237.33%304
35MadurantakamS.PugazhenthiDMK73,69341.43%C.K.ThamizharasanAIADMK70,73639.77%2,957
36UthiramerurK. SundarDMK85,51343.02%Ganesan.PAIADMK73,35736.90%12,156
37KancheepuramC. V. M. P. EzhilarasanDMK90,53340.40%T.MythiliAIADMK82,98537.03%7,548
38ArakkonamS. RaviAIADMK68,17641.21%Rajkumar NDMK64,01538.69%4,161
39SholingurN. G. ParthibanAIADMK77,65136.79%A. M. MunirathinamINC67,91932.18%9,732
40KatpadiDurai MuruganDMK90,53450.90%Appu S.R.KAIADMK66,58837.44%23,946
41RanipetGandhi. RDMK81,72442.85%Elumalai. CAIADMK73,82838.71%7,896
42ArcotEswarappan J LDMK84,18241.39%Ramadoss.K.VAIADMK73,09135.94%11,091
43VelloreKarthikeyanDMK88,26451.53%Harun RasheedAIADMK62,05436.23%26,210
44AnaikattuNandakumar. A.PDMK77,05842.43%Kalaiarasu. MAIADMK68,29037.60%8,768
45KilvaithinankuppamLoganathan.GAIADMK75,61245.76%Amalu VDMK65,86639.86%9,746
46GudiyattamJayanthi Padmanabhan .CAIADMK94,68948.56%Rajamarthandan. K.DMK83,21942.68%11,470
47VaniyambadiNiloferAIADMK69,58840.31%Syed FarooqIUML55,06231.89%14,526
48AmburBalasubramani.R.(E)AIADMK79,18249.16%Nazeer Ahmed.V.R.MMK51,17631.77%28,006
49JolarpetVeeramani. K. CAIADMK82,52545.57%Kavitha.CDMK71,53439.50%10,991
50Tirupattur (Vellore)Nallathambi. ADMK80,79145.43%Kumar.T.TAIADMK73,14441.13%7,647
51UthangaraiN.ManoranjithamAIADMK69,98038.75%S.MalathyDMK67,36737.30%2,613
52BargurV.RajendranAIADMK80,65042.89%Govinddarasan.E.CDMK79,66842.36%982
53KrishnagiriT.SenguttuvanDMK87,63743.80%V.GovindarajAIADMK82,74641.35%4,891
54VeppanahalliMurugan PDMK88,95246.01%Madhu A.V.M @ Hemnath MAIADMK83,72443.31%5,228
55HosurBalakrishna Reddy PAIADMK89,51041.59%Gopinath KINC66,54630.92%22,964
56ThalliPrakaash.Y.DMK74,42939.31%Ramachandran.T.CPI68,18436.01%6,245
57PalacodeK. P. AnbalaganAIADMK76,14340.34%Murugan. P.K.DMK70,16037.17%5,983
58PennagaramInbasekaran. P.N.P.DMK76,84838.49%Anbumani RamadossPMK58,40229.25%18,446
59DharmapuriSubramani. P.DMK71,05634.25%Elangovan. P.D.AIADMK61,38029.58%9,676
60PappireddippattiPalaniyappan. PAIADMK74,23435.56%Sathiyamoorthy. APMK61,52129.47%12,713
61HarurR.MuruganAIADMK64,56833.96%S.RajendranDMK53,14727.95%11,421
62ChengamGiri .M.PDMK95,93945.60%Dinagaran. MAIADMK83,24839.57%12,691
63TiruvannamalaiE. V. VeluDMK116,48457.15%Rajan.KAIADMK66,13632.45%50,348
64KilpennathurPitchandi KDMK99,07050.22%Selvamani KAIADMK64,40432.64%34,666
65KalasapakkamPanneerselvam VAIADMK84,39445.41%Kumar GINC57,98031.20%26,414
66PolurSekaran.K.VDMK66,58834.02%Murugan.MAIADMK58,31529.80%8,273
67AraniRamachandran. SAIADMK94,07444.89%Babu. SDMK86,74741.40%7,327
68CheyyarMohan KAIADMK77,76637.78%Dr. Vishnuprasad M KINC69,23933.64%8,527
69VandavasiAmbethkumar. SDMK80,20644.20%Meganathan. VAIADMK62,13834.24%18,068
70GingeeK. S. MasthanDMK88,44043.99%Govindasamy AAIADMK66,38333.02%22,057
71MailamMasilamani RDMK70,88041.40%Annadurai KAIADMK58,57434.21%12,306
72TindivanamSeethapathy PDMK61,87935.33%Rajendran S PAIADMK61,77835.27%101
73VanurChakrapani MAIADMK64,16736.79%Mydili RDMK53,94430.93%10,223
74VillupuramC V ShanmugamAIADMK69,42136.74%Ameer Abbas S MIUML47,13024.94%22,291
75VikravandiRathamani.KDMK63,75735.69%Velu RAIADMK56,84531.82%6,912
76TirukkoyilurPonmudy KDMK93,83749.80%Gothandaraman GAIADMK52,78028.01%41,057
77UlundurpettaiKumaraguru. R.AIADMK81,97336.04%Vasanthavel. G.R.DMK77,80934.21%4,164
78RishivandiyamKarthikeyan.KDMK92,60747.08%Dhandapani.KAIADMK72,10436.66%20,503
79SankarapuramUdhayasuriyan.TDMK90,92044.72%Mohan PAIADMK76,39237.58%14,528
80KallakurichiPrabhu AAIADMK90,10842.16%Kamaraj PDMK86,00440.24%4,104
81GangavalliMaruthamuthu.AAIADMK74,30142.22%Rekha Priyadharshini.JDMK72,03940.94%2,262
82AtturChinnathambi R MAIADMK82,82744.34%Arthanari S KINC65,49335.06%17,334
83YercaudChitra.GAIADMK100,56245.18%Tamilselvan.CDMK83,16837.37%17,394
84OmalurVetrivel.SAIADMK89,16939.23%Ammasi.SDMK69,21330.45%19,956
85MetturSemmalai.SAIADMK72,75135.05%Parthiban.S.RDMK66,46932.02%6,282
86EdappadiEdappadi K. PalaniswamiAIADMK98,70343.74%Annadurai. NPMK56,68125.12%42,022
87SankariRaja.SAIADMK96,20244.57%Rajeswaran.T.KINC58,82827.25%37,374
88Salem (West)Venkatachalam.GAIADMK80,75539.88%Panneer Selvam.C.DMK73,50836.30%7,247
89Salem (North)Rajendran.RDMK86,58345.14%Saravanan.K.R.SAIADMK76,71039.99%9,873
90Salem (South)Sakthivel A BAIADMK101,69651.39%Gunasekaran MDMK71,24336.00%30,453
91VeerapandiManonmani.PAIADMK94,79245.86%Rajendran. ADMK80,31138.85%14,481
92RasipuramSaroja V. DrAIADMK86,90146.50%Duraisamy V.PDMK77,27041.35%9,631
93SenthamangalamChandrasekaran CAIADMK91,33948.09%Ponnusamy KDMK79,00641.60%12,333
94NamakkalK. P. P. BaskarAIADMK89,07645.81%Chezhian. RINC75,54238.85%13,534
95Paramathi VelurMoorthiy K SDMK74,41842.45%Rajendhiran RAIADMK73,60041.98%818
96TiruchengoduSaraswathi PonAIADMK73,10341.40%Elangoavan BarDMK69,71339.48%3,390
97KumarapalayamThangamani PAIADMK103,03255.20%Yuvaraj PDMK55,70329.84%47,329
98Erode (East)Thennarasu K SAIADMK64,87943.83%Chandhirakumar V CDMK57,08538.57%7,794
99Erode (West)Ramalingam K.V.AIADMK82,29743.46%Muthusamy SDMK77,39140.87%4,906
100ModakkurichiSivasubramani . V.P.AIADMK77,06743.62%Sachidanandam. P.DMK74,84542.36%2,222
101DharapuramKalimuthu. V.SINC83,53845.67%Ponnusamy. KAIADMK73,52140.19%10,017
102KangayamThaniyarasu UAIADMK83,32545.18%Gopi PINC70,19038.06%13,135
103PerunduraiVenkatachalam.N.DAIADMK80,29244.05%Samy.K.P (A) Mohanasundaram.PDMK67,52137.05%12,771
104BhavaniKaruppanan K CAIADMK85,74845.38%Sivakumar NDMK60,86132.21%24,887
105AnthiyurE.M.R.Raja Alias Rajakrishnan.K.RAIADMK71,57542.21%Venkatachalam A GDMK66,26339.07%5,312
106GobichettipalayamSengottaiyan K.AAIADMK96,17747.00%Saravanan S.VINC84,95441.52%11,223
107BhavanisagarEswaran.SAIADMK83,00642.23%Sathya.RDMK69,90235.56%13,104
108UdhagamandalamGanesh. R.INC67,74748.34%VinothAIADMK57,32940.90%10,418
109GudalurThiravidamani.M.DMK62,12847.39%Kalaiselvan. S.AIADMK48,74937.19%13,379
110CoonoorRamu. A.AIADMK61,65045.71%Mubarak. B. M.DMK57,94042.96%3,710
111MettupalayamChinnaraj.O.KAIADMK93,59544.41%Surendran. S.DMK77,48136.76%16,114
112AvanashiDhanapal PAIADMK93,36648.11%Anandhan EDMK62,69232.31%30,674
113Tiruppur (North)Vijayakumar KnAIADMK106,71748.56%Saminathan M PDMK68,94331.37%37,774
114Tiruppur (South)Gunasekaran SAIADMK73,35144.68%Selvaraj KDMK57,41834.98%15,933
115PalladamNatarajan. AAIADMK111,86647.01%Krishnamoorthy. SDMK79,69233.49%32,174
116SulurKanagaraj. R.AIADMK100,97747.38%Manoharan. V.M.C.INC64,34630.19%36,631
117KavundampalayamV. C. ArukuttyAIADMK110,87040.70%Payya Gounder @ Krishnan. R.DMK102,84537.76%8,025
118Coimbatore (North)Arun Kumar. P.R.G.AIADMK77,54041.05%S.MeenaloguDMK69,81636.96%7,724
119ThondamuthurVelumani.S.P.AIADMK109,51955.01%Kovai Syed @ Syed Mohammed.M.A.MMK45,47822.84%64,041
120Coimbatore (South)Amman K. ArjunanAIADMK59,78838.94%Mayura Jayakumar.S.INC42,36927.60%17,419
121SinganallurKarthik. N.DMK75,45940.02%Singai Muthu. N.AIADMK70,27937.28%5,180
122KinathukadavuShanmugam. A.AIADMK89,04242.81%Kurichi PrabhakaranDMK87,71042.17%1,332
123PollachiPollachi V JayaramanAIADMK78,55346.59%Tamilmani. R.DMK65,18538.66%13,368
124ValparaiKasthuri Vasu. V.AIADMK69,98048.68%Paulpandi. T.DMK61,73642.95%8,244
125UdumalaipettaiRadhakrishnan. KAIADMK81,81744.73%Muthu. Mu. KaDMK76,13041.62%5,687
126MadathukulamJayaramakrishnan RDMK76,61944.66%Manoharan KAIADMK74,95243.69%1,667
127PalaniSenthilkumar I PDMK100,04550.66%Kumarasamy PAIADMK74,45937.71%25,586
128OddanchatramSakkarapani RDMK121,71564.26%Kittusamy KAIADMK55,98829.56%65,727
129AthoorPeriyasamy IDMK121,73853.10%Viswanathan R NathamAIADMK94,59141.26%27,147
130NilakottaiThangathurai RAIADMK85,50748.99%Anbazhagan MDMK70,73140.52%14,776
131NathamAndi Ambalam M.ADMK93,82245.32%Shajahan SAIADMK91,71244.30%2,110
132DindigulSreenivasan CAIADMK91,41349.30%Basheer Ahamed MDMK70,69438.13%20,719
133VedasandurV. P. B. ParamasivamAIADMK97,55549.13%Sivasakthivel Gounder RINC77,61739.09%19,938
134AravakurichiV. Senthil BalajiAIADMK88,06853.51%K. C. PalanisamyDMK64,40739.13%23,661
135KarurVijayabhaskar .M.RAIADMK81,93643.86%Subramanian .Bank .KINC81,49543.62%441
136KrishnarayapuramGeetha . M.AIADMK83,97749.82%Aiyyar . V. K.PTK48,67628.88%35,301
137KulithalaiRamar .EDMK89,92348.85%Chandrasekaran .RAIADMK78,02742.39%11,896
138ManapaaraiChandrasekar RAIADMK91,39944.38%Mohamed Nizam M AIUML73,12235.50%18,277
139SrirangamValarmathi.SAIADMK108,40048.09%Palaniyandi.MDMK93,99141.70%14,409
140Tiruchirappalli (West)Nehru.K.NDMK92,04951.30%Manoharan.RAIADMK63,63435.47%28,415
141Tiruchirappalli (East)Natarajan .N.AIADMK79,93847.87%Jerome Arockiaraj .G.INC58,04434.76%21,894
142ThiruverumburAnbil Mahesh PoyyamozhiDMK85,95046.98%Kalaichelvan.DAIADMK69,25537.85%16,695
143LalgudiSoundarapandian ADMK77,94646.80%Vijayamurthy MAIADMK74,10944.50%3,837
144ManachanallurParameswari. MAIADMK83,08346.17%Ganesan. SDMK75,56141.99%7,522
145MusiriSelvarasu MAIADMK89,39852.31%Vijaya Babu SINC57,31133.53%32,087
146ThuraiyurStalinkumar .SDMK81,44448.10%Maivizhi .AAIADMK73,37643.33%8,068
147PerambalurR.ThamizhselvanAIADMK101,07345.27%P.SivakamiDMK94,22042.20%6,853
148KunnamRamachandran.R.TAIADMK78,21838.15%Durairaj.TDMK59,42228.98%18,796
149AriyalurRajendran. SAIADMK88,52341.94%Sivasankar. S.SDMK86,48040.97%2,043
150JayankondamRamajeyalingam.J.K.NAIADMK75,67237.09%Guru @ Gurunathan.JPMK52,73825.85%22,934
151TittakudiGanesan VDMK65,13940.67%Ayyasamy PAIADMK62,92739.29%2,212
152VriddhachalamKalaiselvan V TAIADMK72,61139.22%Govindasamy PDMK58,83431.78%13,777
153NeyveliSaba. RajendranDMK54,29934.10%Rajsekar RAIADMK36,50822.93%17,791
154PanrutiSathya.PAIADMK72,35339.01%PonkumarDMK69,22537.33%3,128
155CuddaloreSampath M CAIADMK70,92241.07%Pugazhendi ElaDMK46,50926.93%24,413
156KurinjipadiPanneerselvam MrkDMK82,86444.03%Rajendran RAIADMK54,75629.09%28,108
157BhuvanagiriSaravanan. Durai K.DMK60,55431.73%Selvi RamajayamAIADMK55,06628.85%5,488
158ChidambaramPandian K AAIADMK58,54334.31%Senthilkumar K RDMK57,03733.43%1,506
159KattumannarkoilMurugumaran.NAIADMK48,45029.33%Thirumaavalavan.TholVCK48,36329.28%87
160SirkazhiBharathi.P.VAIADMK76,48743.05%Killai Ravindran.SDMK67,48437.98%9,003
161MayiladuthuraiRathakrishnan.VAIADMK70,94942.02%Anbazhagan.KDMK66,17139.19%4,778
162PoompuharPavunraj.SAIADMK87,66645.48%Shajahan.A.MIUML67,73135.14%19,935
163NagapattinamThamimun Ansari.MAIADMK64,90348.28%Mohamed Jafarullah.AMMK44,35332.99%20,550
164KilvelurMathivanan.UDMK61,99944.95%Meena.NAIADMK51,82937.58%10,170
165VedaranyamManian.O.SAIADMK60,83641.44%Rajendiran.P.VINC37,83825.77%22,998
166ThiruthuraipoondiAdalarasan. PDMK72,12741.07%Umamaheswari. KAIADMK58,87733.53%13,250
167MannargudiRajaa.T.R.BDMK91,13748.71%Kamaraj. SAIADMK81,20043.40%9,937
168ThiruvarurKarunanidhi .MDMK121,47361.73%Pannerselvam .RAIADMK53,10726.99%68,366
169NannilamKamaraj. RAIADMK100,91849.43%Duraivelan. S.M.BINC79,64239.01%21,276
170ThiruvidaimarudurChezhiaan.GoviDMK77,53841.93%Settu.UAIADMK77,00641.64%532
171KumbakonamG. AnbalaganDMK85,04845.04%Rathna.SAIADMK76,59140.56%8,457
172PapanasamDoraikkannu RAIADMK82,61445.26%Loganathan T RINC58,24931.91%24,365
173ThiruvaiyaruDurai.ChandrasekaranDMK100,04349.27%M.G.M.SubramanianAIADMK85,70042.21%14,343
174ThanjavurM.RengasamyAIADMK101,36254.37%Anjugam BoopathyDMK74,48839.95%26,874
175OrathanaduRamchandran. MDMK84,37846.87%Vaithilingam. RAIADMK80,73344.85%3,645
176PattukkottaiSekar. VAIADMK70,63142.58%Mahendran. KINC58,27335.13%12,358
177PeravuraniGovindarasu MAIADMK73,90845.65%Ashok Kumar NDMK72,91345.04%995
178GandharvakottaiArumugam.BAIADMK64,04343.84%Anbarasan.KDMK60,99641.75%3,047
179ViralimalaiVijaya Baskar CAIADMK84,70149.69%Palaniappan MDMK76,25444.74%8,447
180PudukkottaiPeriyannan ArassuDMK66,73939.19%Karthik ThondaimanAIADMK64,65537.97%2,084
181ThirumayamRegupathy SDMK72,37345.58%Vairamuthu PkAIADMK71,60745.10%766
182AlangudiMeyyanathan .Siva .VDMK72,99246.17%Gnana KalaiselvanAIADMK63,05139.88%9,941
183AranthangiRathinasabhapathy EAIADMK69,90545.22%Ramachandran TINC67,61443.74%2,291
184KaraikudiRamasamy KrINC93,41946.40%Karpagam IlangoAIADMK75,13637.32%18,283
185Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)Periakaruppan KrDMK110,71955.72%Asokan KrAIADMK68,71534.58%42,004
186SivagangaBaskaran.GAIADMK81,69743.15%Sathianathan.M @ Meppal M.SakthiDMK75,06139.64%6,636
187ManamaduraiMariappankennady SAIADMK89,89348.45%Chitraselvi SDMK75,00440.43%14,889
188MelurPeriyapullan @ Selvam PAIADMK88,90951.54%Ragupthy A.PDMK69,18640.11%19,723
189Madurai EastP. MoorthyDMK108,56950.62%P PandiAIADMK75,79735.34%32,772
190SholavandanK. ManickamAIADMK87,04452.33%Bhavani.CDMK62,18737.39%24,857
191Madurai NorthV. V. Rajan ChellappaAIADMK70,46045.64%Karthikeyan. V.INC51,62133.44%18,839
192Madurai SouthSaravanan .S.S.AIADMK62,68342.75%Balachandran .MDMK38,92026.55%23,763
193Madurai CentralPalanivel ThiagarajanDMK64,66242.55%Jeyabal MAIADMK58,90038.75%5,762
194Madurai WestSellur K. RajuAIADMK82,52944.81%Thalapathi GDMK66,13135.91%16,398
195ThiruparankundramS. M. SeenivelAIADMK93,45347.32%Manimaran MDMK70,46135.68%22,992
196TirumangalamUdhayakumar.R.BAIADMK95,86446.99%Jeyaram.RINC72,27435.43%23,590
197UsilampattiNeethipathi PAIADMK106,34952.88%Ilamakezhan.KDMK73,44336.52%32,906
198AndipattiThanga Tamil SelvamAIADMK103,12951.93%Mookaiah.LDMK72,93336.72%30,196
199PeriyakulamK. KathirkamuAIADMK90,59946.94%AnbazhaganDMK76,24939.51%14,350
200BodinayakanurO. PanneerselvamAIADMK99,53149.38%S. LakshmananDMK83,92341.63%15,608
201CumbumS.T.K.JakkaiyanAIADMK91,09946.94%Cumbum N. RamakrishnanDMK79,87841.16%11,221
202RajapalayamS. ThangappandianDMK74,78743.82%A. A. S. ShyamAIADMK69,98541.00%4,802
203SrivilliputhurM. Chandra PrabhaAIADMK88,10349.32%Muthukumar.CPTK51,43028.79%36,673
204SatturS. G. SubramanianAIADMK71,51340.65%Srinivasan.V.DMK67,08638.13%4,427
205SivakasiK. T. RajenthrabhalajiAIADMK76,73443.67%Sreeraja. C.INC61,98635.28%14,748
206VirudhunagarA. R. R. SeenivasanDMK65,49942.71%Kalanithi.KAIADMK62,62940.84%2,870
207AruppukkottaiRamachandran K.K.S.S.RDMK81,48549.41%Vaigaichelvan.DrAIADMK63,43138.46%18,054
208TiruchuliThangam ThenarasuDMK89,92753.61%Dinesh Babu. K.AIADMK63,35037.77%26,577
209ParamakudiDr. S. MuthiahAIADMK79,25446.89%Thisaiveeran.UDMK67,86540.15%11,389
210TiruvadanaiKarunaasAIADMK76,78641.14%Thivakaran. S.PDMK68,09036.48%8,696
211RamanathapuramDr. M. ManikandanAIADMK89,36546.30%M. H. JawahirullahMMK56,14329.09%33,222
212MudhukulathurS. PandiINC94,94646.71%M.KeerthikaAIADMK81,59840.14%13,348
213VilathikulamUma MaheswariAIADMK71,49646.79%Beemaraj SDMK52,77834.54%18,718
214ThoothukkudiGeetha Jeevan. PDMK88,04546.46%Chellapandian.S.T.AIADMK67,13735.43%20,908
215TiruchendurAnitha R RadhakrishnanDMK88,35752.97%R. SarathkumarAIADMK62,35637.38%26,001
216SrivaikuntamS. P. ShanmuganathanAIADMK65,19841.96%Rani Venkatesan VINC61,66739.69%3,531
217OttapidaramR. SundararajAIADMK65,07140.57%Dr.Krishnasamy.KPTK64,57840.26%493
218KovilpattiKadambur RajuAIADMK64,51438.96%A.SubramanianDMK64,08638.70%428
219SankarankovilV. M. RajalakshmiAIADMK78,75144.36%Anbumani GDMK64,26236.20%14,489
220VasudevanallurManoharan AAIADMK73,90445.06%Anbalagan SPTK55,14633.62%18,758
221KadayanallurK. A. M. Muhammed AbubackerIUML70,76337.49%Sheik Dawood. SAIADMK69,56936.86%1,194
222TenkasiS. Selvamohandas PandianAIADMK86,33942.58%Palani Nadar SINC85,87742.35%462
223AlangulamDr. Poongothai Aladi ArunaDMK88,89145.98%Hepzi KarthikeyanAIADMK84,13743.52%4,754
224TirunelveliA. L. S. LakshmananDMK81,76143.13%Nainar NagenthranAIADMK81,16042.81%601
225AmbasamudramR. Murugaiah PandianAIADMK78,55545.80%Avudaiappan. RDMK65,38938.12%13,166
226PalayamkottaiT. P. M. Mohideen KhanDMK67,46343.62%Hyder Ali S.K.AAIADMK51,59133.36%15,872
227NanguneriH. VasanthakumarINC74,93243.45%Vijayakumar. MAIADMK57,61733.41%17,315
228RadhapuramI. S. InbaduraiAIADMK69,59040.62%M. AppavuDMK69,54140.59%49
229KanniyakumariS. AustinDMK89,02342.41%Thalavai Sundaram. NAIADMK83,11139.59%5,912
230NagercoilN. Suresh RajanDMK67,36938.87%Gandhi M.RBJP46,41326.78%20,956
231ColachelJ. G. PrinceINC67,19540.19%Ramesh PBJP41,16724.62%26,028
232PadmanabhapuramMano ThangarajDMK76,24947.20%Rajendra Prasad K PAIADMK35,34421.88%40,905
233VilavancodeS. VijayadharaniINC68,78942.43%Dharmaraj CBJP35,64621.98%33,143
234KilliyoorS. Rajesh KumarINC77,35650.47%Pon. VijayaragavanBJP31,06120.27%46,295

Detailed Analysis & Performance of political parties

Party Contested Won FD Votes Seats Shate in Valid Vote % Polled in State in Seats % Contest
State Parties
232 135 217,616,26640.77% 41.06
DMDK1040 1031,034,384 2.39% 5.42
18088 0 13,669,116 31.64% 41.35
PMK2320 212 2,300,5585.32% 5.41
State Parties - Other States
33 0 33 44,5460.10% 0.74
AIMIM20 210,2890.02% 2.78
51 0313,808 0.73%33.28
2 0 2711 0.00%0.20
60 6 2,082 0.00% 0.18
2 0 2 2970.00%0.08
LJP23023 4,146 0.01%0.10
RJD1 0 1 90 0.00% 0.05
SHS/SS36 036 13,640 0.03%0.21
SP260 26 4,4640.01%0.09
National Parties
188 0 180 1,228,704 2.84% 3.57
158 0 156 97,823 0.23% 0.34
CPI25023 340,290 0.79% 7.25
25 0 25307,3030.71% 6.80
INC41 80 2,774,0756.42%36.74
NCP20 0 2011,842 0.03%0.30
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
ABHM1 0 12110.00%0.13
AIFB(S)2 025,950 0.01% 1.52
AIJMK3 0 3 953 0.00%0.15
AIPMK2 02 1,3210.00%0.38
AIWUP1 0 1720.00%0.04
AMMK 4 0 4 6980.00% 0.09
APNP3 0 3 4280.00% 0.08
AUK 2 02 147 0.00%0.04
CDF101 1700.00% 0.10
10 010 4,972 0.01%0.23
CPIM2 02 378 0.00%0.12
DCLF 1 0 11,4110.00% 0.82
DMMK1 0 1121 0.00% 0.08
DMSK 20 2 199 0.00% 0.06
EDP3 03993 0.00% 0.19
ETMK 60 65,2570.01%0.45
FDLP1 011,373 0.00%0.71
FIP4 0 41,359 0.00% 0.14
GAPP3 0 37100.00%0.14
GMI 40 0 4011,6830.03% 0.16
GokMK 9083,3570.01%0.21
GPI 60 61840 0.00% 0.16

Controversies

On 3 May, News 7 and Dinamalar released an opinion poll giving an edge for DMK over AIADMK. But some editions of Dinamalar carried a statement on the first page distancing itself from the surveys.[60] In an instance VVPAT was helpful in resolving an issue pertaining to a tally of votes in Kancheepuram Assembly constituency as the number of votes entered in the Form 17C of a polling booth and the total number of votes recorded in the EVM control unit of that booth did not tally.[61]

Cash for votes

Wide spread allegations of parties bribing voters with cash were raised and the Election commission responded by increasing the number of flying squads to conduct raids and prevent distribution of cash for votes.[62] [63] [64] First time in the Indian history Rs 570 crores of three containers captured in Tirupur, no one claimed for that money at the first day. Later SBI claimed that money. Many parties like CPI(M), CPI, VCK, MDMK, PMK, wanted clear information about that money.

Postponement of polls

The Election Commission postponed the polls in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies due to reports of distribution of huge sums of money and alcohol to voters. The polling was initially postponed to 13 June, despite the Governor of Tamil Nadu requesting that it should happen before 1 June. The date was subsequently amended to November.

Adjuned and By-Election

On 26 October 2016, the Election Commission announced that the election for Thiruparankundram, Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies would be held on 19 November 2016.[65] The outcome was:

Constituency Contestant DMK Contestant ADMK Winning candidate Winning party Margin
AIADMK 23,661
Anjugam BoopathyM. RangaswamyAIADMK 26,874
SaravananAIADMK 42,670

22 by election results

See main article: 2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tamil Nadu elections 2016: Jayalalithaa's AIADMK scripts "history", DMK rues big loss; 5.55 lakh opt for NOTA . . 20 May 2016 . 20 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160520202631/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/india-news/tamil-nadu-election-results-2016-counting-of-votes-begin/259300/ . 20 May 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: May is the cruellest month: DMK pays heavy price for seat-sharing . . 20 May 2016 . 20 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Congress could be DMK's Achilles' heel . . M T Saju . Padmini Sivarajah . 8 May 2016 . 20 May 2016.
  4. Web site: DMK ahead of AIADMK in "contested vote share" . The Hindu. Sruthisagar Yamunan . 20 May 2016 . 21 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Tamil Nadu elections: Can there ever be an alternative to DMK or AIADMK? . Livemint . Dharani Thangavelu . 31 May 2016 . 31 May 2016.
  6. News: 4 States, Puducherry was set to go to polls between April 4 and May 16. The Hindu . 4 March 2016.
  7. News: Over 5.79 crore voters in Tamil Nadu . Business Standard . 4 March 2016.
  8. News: Kancheepuram voters to have VVPAT. The Hindu. 6 May 2016.
  9. News: Voter Paper Audit at 4K Booths for Polls . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131081922/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Voter-Paper-Audit-at-4K-Booths-for-Polls/2016/01/30/article3251887.ece . dead . 31 January 2016 . 30 January 2016 . The New Indian Express.
  10. Web site: EC to tighten grip on cash for votes. The Hindu. 24 March 2016.
  11. Web site: 20,000 personnel to be deployed for election. The Hindu. 24 March 2016.
  12. Web site: SC/ST population in Tamilnadu 2011.
  13. News: Half of India's Dalit population lives in India's 4 states- Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Tamil Nadu.
  14. News: Dalit consolidation in state. The Hindu. 24 March 2016.
  15. News: OBC community in focus before Tamil Nadu assembly polls. The Economic Times. 10 January 2016.
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