Tiruchengode Assembly constituency
Tiruchengode or 'Tiruchengodu' is a state assembly constituency in Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 96. It consists of a portion of Tiruchengodu taluk. It falls under Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
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Tiruchengode Assembly constituency
Tiruchengode or 'Tiruchengodu' is a state assembly constituency in Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 96. It consists of a portion of Tiruchengodu taluk. It falls under Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Madras State
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>S. Arumugam and T. S. Arthanari</td><td></td><td>Independent and Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>R. Kandaswami and T. M. Kaliannan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>T. M. Kaliannan</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>T. A. Rajavelu</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr></tbody></table>
Tamil Nadu
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>S. Kandappan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>C. Ponnaiyan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>P Palanisamy</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>V. Ramasamy</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>T. M. Selvaganapathy</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>T. P. Arumugom</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>C. Ponnaiyan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>P. Thangamani</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>P. Sampath Kumar</td><td></td><td>Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Pon. Saraswathi</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>E. R. Eswaran</td><td></td><td>Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
2026
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>KMDK</td><td>E. R. Eswaran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Chandrashekar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Revathi</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>K. G. Arunraj</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>206,928</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2021
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>KMDK</td><td>E. R. Eswaran</td><td>81,688</td><td>44.60%</td><td>+5.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Pon. Saraswathi</td><td>78,826</td><td>43.04%</td><td>+1.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>P. Natarajan</td><td>13,967</td><td>7.63%</td><td>+6.51</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>R. Janagaraj</td><td>3,724</td><td>2.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,518</td><td>0.83%</td><td>−0.46</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,862</td><td>1.56%</td><td>−0.36%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>183,151</td><td>79.25%</td><td>−2.22%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>209</td><td>0.11%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>231,100</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KMDK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.20%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2016
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Pon. Saraswathi</td><td>73,103</td><td>41.40%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Bar. Elangoavan</td><td>69,713</td><td>39.48%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>J. Vijayakamal</td><td>6,688</td><td>3.79%</td><td>−48.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KMDK</td><td>S. Rajavel Nathi</td><td>6,471</td><td>3.66%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Muthumani</td><td>5,923</td><td>3.35%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Nagarajan</td><td>2,499</td><td>1.42%</td><td>−0.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,279</td><td>1.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>S. Raja</td><td>2,012</td><td>1.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>P. Natarajan</td><td>1,968</td><td>1.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Saraswathi</td><td>1,345</td><td>0.76%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,390</td><td>1.92%</td><td>−14.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>176,564</td><td>81.47%</td><td>−0.56%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>216,720</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMDK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-10.72%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2011
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>P. Sampath Kumar</td><td>78,103</td><td>52.12%</td><td>+36.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. R. Sundaram</td><td>54,158</td><td>36.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Selvaraj</td><td>3,809</td><td>2.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Senthilkumar</td><td>3,311</td><td>2.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Tamilarasu</td><td>2,776</td><td>1.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Nagarajan</td><td>2,609</td><td>1.74%</td><td>+0.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Appavu</td><td>1,401</td><td>0.93%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>K. Gnanavel</td><td>1,227</td><td>0.82%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Sampathkumar</td><td>771</td><td>0.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>23,945</td><td>15.98%</td><td>15.93%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>149,845</td><td>82.03%</td><td>10.54%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>182,669</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>11.82%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2006
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. Thangamani</td><td>85,471</td><td>40.30%</td><td>−19.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Gandhiselvan</td><td>85,355</td><td>40.25%</td><td>+5.05</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>S. Pongiyannan</td><td>32,327</td><td>15.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Lingappan</td><td>2,969</td><td>1.40%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. T. Dhanagopal</td><td>2,332</td><td>1.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>116</td><td>0.05%</td><td>−24.29%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>212,068</td><td>71.50%</td><td>12.15%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>296,618</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-19.24%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2001
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. Ponnaiyan</td><td>107,898</td><td>59.55%</td><td>+27.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. P. Arumugam</td><td>63,789</td><td>35.20%</td><td>−22.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>T. P. Gurusamy</td><td>3,687</td><td>2.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>S. K. Arumugam</td><td>1,559</td><td>0.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Varadharajan</td><td>1,431</td><td>0.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Perumal</td><td>1,025</td><td>0.57%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>44,109</td><td>24.34%</td><td>−1.33%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>181,200</td><td>59.35%</td><td>−3.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>305,346</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.44%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1996
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. P. Arumugam</td><td>96,456</td><td>58.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Chinnusamy</td><td>53,836</td><td>32.43%</td><td>−41.68</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>A. Athi Narayanan</td><td>9,816</td><td>5.91%</td><td>−16.86</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>42,620</td><td>25.67%</td><td>−25.66%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>166,010</td><td>62.59%</td><td>2.11%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>275,045</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-16.00%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1991
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>T. M. Selvaganapathy</td><td>113,545</td><td>74.10%</td><td>+51.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>V. Ramasamy</td><td>34,886</td><td>22.77%</td><td>−12.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>C. Palanisamy</td><td>1,419</td><td>0.93%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>78,659</td><td>51.34%</td><td>39.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>153,222</td><td>60.48%</td><td>−6.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>260,517</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>39.19%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1989
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>V. Ramasamy</td><td>53,346</td><td>34.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Rajan</td><td>35,258</td><td>23.08%</td><td>−32.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. Duraisamy</td><td>30,320</td><td>19.84%</td><td>−35.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. Palanisamy</td><td>20,052</td><td>13.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Kannan</td><td>5,409</td><td>3.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Chandrasekaran</td><td>2,757</td><td>1.80%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Sundaram</td><td>911</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,088</td><td>11.84%</td><td>−1.87%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>152,797</td><td>66.98%</td><td>−3.91%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>232,631</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-20.47%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1984
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. Ponnaiyan</td><td>77,659</td><td>55.38%</td><td>+0.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. M. Kandasamy</td><td>58,437</td><td>41.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,222</td><td>13.71%</td><td>0.04%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>140,232</td><td>70.88%</td><td>3.68%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>206,470</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.04%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1980
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. Ponnaiyan</td><td>69,122</td><td>55.34%</td><td>+9.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T M. Kaliyannan</td><td>52,046</td><td>41.67%</td><td>+24.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Palanivel</td><td>1,193</td><td>0.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Subramaniyan</td><td>968</td><td>0.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. K. Ganesan</td><td>866</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Subramani</td><td>709</td><td>0.57%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,076</td><td>13.67%</td><td>−14.03%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>124,904</td><td>67.20%</td><td>7.55%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>188,698</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.23%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1977
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. Ponnaiyan</td><td>44,501</td><td>46.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>V. Kumaraswamy</td><td>17,764</td><td>18.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. M. Kaliannan</td><td>16,177</td><td>16.76%</td><td>−17.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. K. Shanmugam</td><td>14,433</td><td>14.95%</td><td>−45.94</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Samy</td><td>1,223</td><td>1.27%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Subramaniam</td><td>1,145</td><td>1.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Sankaran Pillai</td><td>665</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Ramasamy Naicker</td><td>605</td><td>0.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,737</td><td>27.70%</td><td>0.81%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>96,513</td><td>59.65%</td><td>−2.77%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>164,330</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.78%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1971
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Kandappan</td><td>43,605</td><td>60.89%</td><td>−3.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. Kumarasamy</td><td>24,345</td><td>34.00%</td><td>+0.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Sankaran Pillai</td><td>3,660</td><td>5.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,260</td><td>26.90%</td><td>−4.11%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>71,610</td><td>62.42%</td><td>−6.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>118,522</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-3.84%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1967
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. A. Rajavelu</td><td>42,479</td><td>64.73%</td><td>+23.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. P. Natesan</td><td>22,131</td><td>33.72%</td><td>−14.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Rajan</td><td>1,012</td><td>1.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,348</td><td>31.01%</td><td>23.92%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>65,622</td><td>68.56%</td><td>12.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>99,100</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>16.09%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1962
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. M. Kaliannan</td><td>24,640</td><td>48.64%</td><td>+17.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. A. Rajavelu</td><td>21,050</td><td>41.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. K. Muniappa Gounder</td><td>3,406</td><td>6.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>We Tamils</td><td>C. Govindan</td><td>1,562</td><td>3.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,590</td><td>7.09%</td><td>3.53%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>50,658</td><td>56.06%</td><td>−8.02%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>93,625</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>17.53%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1957
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. M. Kaliannan</td><td>33,360</td><td>31.11%</td><td>+8.42</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Kandasami</td><td>29,546</td><td>27.55%</td><td>+4.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rangasami Gounder</td><td>9,383</td><td>8.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP</td><td>Komaran (Sc)</td><td>7,625</td><td>7.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muthusami (Sc)</td><td>6,610</td><td>6.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dhanakoti</td><td>4,897</td><td>4.57%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Arumugam Pillai (Sc)</td><td>3,319</td><td>3.09%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. C. Marappa Gounder</td><td>3,211</td><td>2.99%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP</td><td>Mariappa Mudali</td><td>3,131</td><td>2.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. N. Natarajan</td><td>2,104</td><td>1.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muthu Naicker</td><td>1,500</td><td>1.40%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,814</td><td>3.56%</td><td>3.37%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>107,246</td><td>64.08%</td><td>−13.41%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>167,353</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.00%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1952
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Arumugham</td><td>29,007</td><td>27.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>T. S. Arthanari</td><td>28,807</td><td>26.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Radhabai Subbarayan</td><td>24,279</td><td>22.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. K. Ramaswamy</td><td>20,546</td><td>19.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RPI</td><td>S. Sengottvel</td><td>4,365</td><td>4.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>200</td><td>0.19%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>107,004</td><td>77.49%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>138,081</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>