 "Amma magic gives 21.3% massive swing in vote share for AIDMK")
A massive swing of 21.3% in vote share propelled the ruling AIADMK to coast to a resounding victory in 37 of the 39 seats leaving miles behind rivals including DMK, Congress, DMDK and BJP in the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu.
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who staged a splendid solo performance which wiped out arch-rival DMK and the grand old party Congress, ensured AIADMK garnered a total vote share of 44.3% as against 23% it gained in 2009.
The swing that virtually doubled for AIDMK, also saw its surge to 37 seats from a tally of mere nine seats it won in last General Election.
M Karunanidhi-led DMK won 18 seats scoring 25% of the total votes polled in 2009.
The BJP which won the lone seat has doubled its vote share to 5.4% from 2.34%.
The isolated Congress which went into contest alone in all 39 seats secured 4.3% of votes as against 15.3% it won in 2009.
Congress, like its former ally DMK, could not win a seat. The Sonia Gandhi-led party had won eight seats in 2009.
However, the saffron party's major ally and the principle opposition party DMDK led by actor-turned-politician Vijayakant saw its vote share plunging down to 5.1% as against ten% in the previous outing.
Similar is the fate of Left parties CPI and CPM which witnessed reduction in vote share to 0.5% from 2.02% and 2.85% clocked last time respectively.
The Left parties whom the AIADMK dumped from its alliance were also swept away by the tsunami of Jayalalithaa wave.
Interestingly, PMK which could not win a seat scoring 5.7% in last election managed to get a seat with 4.5% vote share this time.
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party managed to win the confidence of 0.5% of the 5.50 crore electorate in the state, but its presence went virtually unnoticed.
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who staged a splendid solo performance which wiped out arch-rival DMK and the grand old party Congress, ensured AIADMK garnered a total vote share of 44.3% as against 23% it gained in 2009.
The swing that virtually doubled for AIDMK, also saw its surge to 37 seats from a tally of mere nine seats it won in last General Election.
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The crest fallen DMK had a meagre drop by 1.6% vote share in this election from 25% in 2009 to 23.4%, but suffered major jolt drawing a blank.
M Karunanidhi-led DMK won 18 seats scoring 25% of the total votes polled in 2009.
The BJP which won the lone seat has doubled its vote share to 5.4% from 2.34%.
The isolated Congress which went into contest alone in all 39 seats secured 4.3% of votes as against 15.3% it won in 2009.
Congress, like its former ally DMK, could not win a seat. The Sonia Gandhi-led party had won eight seats in 2009.
However, the saffron party's major ally and the principle opposition party DMDK led by actor-turned-politician Vijayakant saw its vote share plunging down to 5.1% as against ten% in the previous outing.
Similar is the fate of Left parties CPI and CPM which witnessed reduction in vote share to 0.5% from 2.02% and 2.85% clocked last time respectively.
The Left parties whom the AIADMK dumped from its alliance were also swept away by the tsunami of Jayalalithaa wave.
Interestingly, PMK which could not win a seat scoring 5.7% in last election managed to get a seat with 4.5% vote share this time.
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party managed to win the confidence of 0.5% of the 5.50 crore electorate in the state, but its presence went virtually unnoticed.