Mettupalayam - 2011 Assembly Election Results and Analysis
Tuesday, 17 January 2012 15:21
2011 Elections Analysis
The local assembly elections in May 2011 turned out to be a rout for the AIADMK with the same candidate from the 2006 elections. The major parties AIADMK and DMK nominated the same candidates Mr.O.K.Chinnaraj (OKC) from AIADMK and Mr.B.Arun Kumar from DMK. The margin this time however was 25775 votes in favour for AIADMK. The previous elections gave AIADMK only a slender margin of 142 votes and this time due to broader issues such as the 2G scam and other DMK land grab issues led to a landslide victory that came about with the alliance with Vijaykanth's DMDK which took a large part of the last assembly elections. The absence of Raja the MP for this seat was also a contributing factor. The AIADMK candidate was also from the popular and majority Vokkaliga community and the victory bells were only a matter of time. The other surprise was Mr.Nanda Kumar of BJP who bagged 5600 votes shows the presence of BJP in this seat. This is the seventh time AIADMK has won from this seat. It is true to say that this seat is very close to be a AIADMK fort.
