Why dmk defeated

I will work together with Maruthu Ganesh since one MLA cannot resolve the problems of the constituency. However, this primarily appears to be a clear failure on the part of the DMK to tap into the anti-incumbency factor as well as the chaotic political situation in the state.

This political chaos had caused a lot of furore in the state. Adding to this, the series of troubles that plagued the state saw the covert hand of the Central government from the jallikattu protests to the tragic suicide of a student named Anita and the devastating effects of Cyclone Ockhi. While the long-term future of the party will be unaffected by the results, the 2G verdict in favour of A Raja and Kanimozhi and the campaign itself seems to have had zero effect on the RK Nagar voters.

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As a consequence, the DMK won twice the number of seats than to its opponent. An examination of the data of this election shows that this was not the one-sided contest that Tamil Nadu often produces, with its big swing elections. The DMK alliance has secured an absolute majority with over two-thirds of the seats.

With seats, the DMK commands a single majority of seats on its own. Its partners bring 26 additional seats. Even though national and state elections differ, there were similarities between the DMK campaign themes.

Even though the BJP still does not have a strong presence in the state, it won four seats of the 20 it contested with slim margins, and by virtue of its alliance with the AIADMK. One has to go back to to see the BJP win seats in the state. At the time, it was in partnership with the DMK. Other alliances of small parties did not fare well in this election. The alliance led by Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam secured only 2.

They failed to win any seats. In , it secured a 3. Participation in Tamil elections has been declining over the past two elections. It is hard to say why this is happening, when participation is increasing across most states in India.

Perhaps the extensive urbanisation is a cause for such a turnout. The is a uniform dip in voter turnout across regions and some variations between them. Turnout is lowest in the northern region, which includes Chennai. Lower voter turnouts in the south and the northern regions could be due to migration. Gender-wise, the gap between male and female voters in Tamil Nadu closed in That gap used to be quite wide in the s and had already reduced by The gap between male and female voter turnout is almost overlapping with one another.

This means that women play an important role in shaping results in Tamil Nadu. The small gap in participation between men and women may account partly for the many pro-women legislations and schemes enacted by successive governments. There is an element of electoral compulsion to cater to the needs of a large women electorate.

The saw 4, individuals contesting, a number that has consistently increased since after , the deposit to contest an election was raised by the Election Commission, to trim down the number of candidates. That is a robust 18 candidates per seat, on average. Of these candidates, 3, lost their deposits obtaining less than one-sixth of the votes polled in the seat in which they contested. Similarly, a record parties contested the election, again a sharp rise compared to previous years.