O Panneerselvam of AIADMK, the deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu, has won the Bodinayakanur Assembly seat in Tamil Nadu by defeating Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (DMK) Thanga Tamil Selvan by 7,676 votes.
O Panneerselvam of AIADMK, the deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu, has won the Bodinayakanur Assembly seat in Tamil Nadu by defeating Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (DMK) Thanga Tamil Selvan by 7,676 votes.
The Bodinayakanur constituency went to the polls on April 6, 2021.
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In the 2016 Assembly elections, Bodinayakanur was won by Panneerselvam. Before that, in the 2011 elections too, the seat was held by Panneerselvam. In the 2016 assembly polls, Panneerselvam garnered 99531 votes, securing over 49.38 percent of the vote share, and winning the seat by a margin of 15608 votes.
In percentage terms, the victory margin was 7.74 percent. The constituency polled 201775 votes in the 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly polls with a voter turnout of 78.36 percent. The Bodinayakanur constituency has a literacy level of 77.62 percent. A total of 24 candidates stood in the 2016 elections.
(Edited by : Niral)
First Published: May 2, 2021 11:36 AM IST
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