2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results - 18 Seats that made the difference between victory and loss for the AIADMK

18 constituencies across Tamil Nadu could have made the difference between victory and loss for the AIADMK

In these seats, the Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK party won with a margin of fewer than 3,000 votes. In 10 of them, AIADMK candidates scraped through, with a victory margin below 1,000.

Significantly, in 12 of these seats, the two Dravidian parties clashed in a direct contest, and in four, the AIADMK faced off with the Congress party, an ally of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

The 18 constituencies are  -

• Radhapuram
• Kattumanarkoil
• Kovilpatti
• Karur
• Tenkasi
• Ottapidaram
• Perambur
• Thiruporur
• Bargur
• Peravurani
• Kinathukadavu
• Avadi
• Chidambaram
• Ariyalur
• Modakurichi
• Aranthangi
• Virugambakkam, and
• Uthangarai

In fact, in Radhapuram and Kattumanarkoil, the AIADMK won by the skin of its teeth with victory margins of 49 and 87 votes, respectively, the lowest ever