VijayKanth Record in TamilNadu ELection

Five Years Old  DMDK Big Gains at PMK,VCK

 

 

Riding high on the anti-incumbency wave, the five-year-old DMDK, led by actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth, has made huge inroads into the Vanniyar heartland, causing considerable damage to the PMK and its dalit ally VCK.

The party emerged as the second largest party in the 14th Tamil Nadu assembly. Out of the 41 segments it contested, the DMDK has won in 27 seats and is leading in two others.

Of them, 23 are in northern and western regions of the state, considered PMK strongholds. In fact, the PMK's success rate is just 10% — it has won or is leading only in 3 of the 30 seats it contested. The VCK has been routed.
Significantly, the PMK will lose the state party status. Vijayakanth described the electoral outcome as a victory over "money and muscle power."

Since its electoral debut, winning Vriddhachalam assembly segment in the 2006 assembly polls, the DMDK has been steadily cutting into the Vanniyar and dalit vote banks, once considered unassailable. Several of the PMK district functionaries joined the DMDK. Exodus of youth from the party fold to the DMDK caused heartburns to PMK founder S Ramadoss and VCK leader Thirumavalavan. To undo the damage and bring back the youth into his fold, Ramadoss' son Anbumani, over the past one year, had been organizing study camps in villages.

Despite forging a Vanniyar-dalit alliance to ward off the DMDK's threat, election results show caste equations failed to salvage the PMK and the VCK. Analysts feel the decades-old strife between the two caste groups could have played a role in their debacle.

In six segments where the DMDK took the PMK head-on, the party has won in four seats. Similarly, the DMDK defeated the VCK in Thittakudi, the lone segment where they tested strengths against each other.

While Ramadoss and Thirumavalavan sought to rekindle caste feelings in northern districts all through the campaign, Vijayakanth relentlessly tried to douse it. The actor also repeatedly hit out at the PMK, calling it a casteist party. Over the years, the PMK's vote share has not seen any remarkable change. It got 5.65% votes in 2006 and 5.72% votes in 2009.

The DMDK, on the contrary, has been steadily improving its vote share. The party secured 8.38% votes in 2006 and 10.08% in 2009.

VijayKanth Record in TamilNadu ELection

N.R Congress Record Set To Form Govt in Puducherry

 N.Rangasamy  NikNamed in Junior Kamarajar in Puducherry

30-member Puducherry assembly, ending the DMK-supported Congress rule.

Former chief minister N Rangasamy led the AINRC he formed on the eve of the polls to power with the party winning 15 seats and its ally AIADMK five.

Congress ended with a tally of seven and DMK two. DMK rebel VMC Shivakumar won the Neravi TR Pattinam segment.

It was a sweet revenge for Rangasamy who floated his own outfit after quitting RPT quitting Congress about two years after he was removed as chief minister in the face of revolt against his leadership.

Rangasamy, named the chief ministerial candidate of the AINRC-AIADMK front, emerged victorious from both Kadirgamam and Indira Nagar constituencies that he contested.

Chief minister V Vaithilingam, who succeeded Rangasamy, won but welfare minister M Kandasamy and PWD minister MOHF Shajahan lost as also assembly speaker R Radhakrishnan.

A jubilant Rangasamy said the outcome was a verdict by people and he would soon decide when to meet the Lt Governor and stake claim for forming the government.

CPI, CPI(M) and DMDK, which were part of the AINRC led alliance, however drew a blank contesting one seat each.

In the Congress front, PMK lost both the seats it contested and VCK tasted defeat in the lone seat it was allocated.

N.R Congress Record Set To Form Govt in Puducherry

N.Rangasamy Record For Puducherry

 Congress Shocked By N.R Congress 

 

All India NR Congress floated by former chief minister N Rangasamy after quitting the Congress ahead of the 2011 polls emerged as the single largest party by winning 15 of the 17 seats it contested. Its ally AIADMK bagged five of the 10 it contested. 


However, its other allies, DMDK and CPI, that contested one seat each drew a blank. A jubilant Rangasamy while speaking to reporters said he expected his alliance to win the polls and added that the victory was the wish of the Puducherry people.

The Congress alliance managed to secure just nine seats. Congress won just seven of the 17 seats it contested. The DMK fared poorly, winning two of the 10 seats it contested. PMK drew a blank losing both the seats it contested. Another ally, VCK, whose candidate was technically declared as an independent, also lost the polls.

Rangasamy, who contested from two assembly segments, emerged victorious with thumping margins. He polled 16,323 votes from Kadirkamam as against 6,566 votes polled by the next candidate V Pethaperumal of the Congress. He polled 20,685 votes in Indira Nagar as against 4,008 votes polled by his only rival candidate V Aroumougam of Congress.

Other prominent winners include chief minister V Vaithilingam, home minister E Valsaraj, revenue minister Malladi Krishna Rao and public health minister A Namassivayam.

PWD minister MOHF Shahjahan, welfare minister M Kandasamy, speaker of legislative assembly R Radhakrishnan and former chief minister and DMK convener RV Janakiraman lost the electoral battle.

Shahjahan lost the polls to PML Kalyanasundaram of NR Congress by 6,366 votes and Kandasamy to his arch-rival and former minister P Rajavelu of NR Congress by a slender margin of 1,468 votes.

Radhakrishnan lost the polls to T Thiagarajan by 2,055 votes. Five-time MLA Janakiraman lost to AIADMK candidate Om Sakthi Sekar by a margin of 4,518 votes. 


Malladi Krishna Rao (Yanam) recorded the highest margin of victory in this election with 19,118 votes followed by Rangasamy (Indira Nagar) with 16,677 votes while an independent candidate, VMC Sivakumar, managed to win with a slender margin of 358 votes.

N.Rangasamy Record For Puducherry