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2014 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu
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39 Seats
Opinion polls
Turnout73.74% (Increase0.71%)
  First party Second party
 
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Leader J. Jayalalithaa Pon. Radhakrishnan
Party AIADMK BJP
Alliance AIADMK+ NDA
Leader since 1988 2009
Leader's seat Did not contest Kanniyakumari
Seats before 9 0
Seats won 37 2 (BJP 1 PMK 1)
Seat change Increase 28 Increase 2
Popular vote 17,978,922 7,524,756
Percentage 44.92% 18.80%
Swing Increase 22.01% Decrease 3.01%
Result of the 2014 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu (Green = AIADMK and Saffron = NDA)

The 2014 Indian general elections for Tamil Nadu's 39 seats in the 16th Lok Sabha were held on 24 April 2014. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa won a spectacular victory, taking 37 of the 39 seats.[1] The total electors in the state of Tamil Nadu for the election was 55,114,867 and 73.74% of voters exercised their right to do so.[2] The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.[3]

Overview

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As the term of the 15th Lok Sabha ended in May 2014, the Election Commission of India decided to conduct the election for the 16th Lok Sabha in 24 April 2014.

The election process is carried out by the state election commission headed by Praveen Kumar, and for the first time, Section 144 of the CrPC was used in the election for 36 hours before polling to prevent cash distribution to bribe voters.[4] As of 23 April 2014, the commission had seized ₹39 crore in the state.[5]

Schedule

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Event Date (Day)
Issue of Notification 29 March 2014 (Saturday)
Last date for filing Nominations 5 April 2014 (Saturday)
Scrutiny of Nominations 7 April 2014 (Monday)
Last date for withdrawal of candidature 9 April 2014 (Wednesday)
Date of Poll 24 April 2014 (Thursday)
Counting of votes 16 May 2014 (Friday)
Date before which the election process shall be completed 28 May 2014 (Wednesday)

Parties and alliances

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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)

In the beginning of the year, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's general secretary J. Jayalalithaa stated that she would campaign and win all 39 seats by allying with CPI and CPI(M). Members of the AIADMK party declared her the prime ministerial candidate, despite rumors that she might support Narendra Modi.[6] On 24 February 2014, the date of her birthday, she announced candidates for all 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu.[7]

National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, with Narendra Modi[8] as prime ministerial candidate, formed an alliance with Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK),[9] Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK), Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KMDK) and Puthiya Needhi Katchi (PNK). The seats were allotted on 20 March 2014 in Chennai by the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Rajnath Singh.[10]

Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA)

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Democratic Progressive Alliance, under the leadership of M. Karunanidhi withdrew its support from the Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government on 19 March 2013 over Sri Lanka issues.[11] On 25 March 2014, DMK also expelled its south zone organizational secretary and the former minister of chemicals and fertilizers of the Republic of India M. K. Alagiri from the party for violating party discipline.[12] DPA formed an alliance with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK), the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), and Puthiya Tamilagam (PT).[13]

Indian National Congress (INC)

The Indian National Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi stated that they would decide the prime ministerial candidate after the election. They lost their major ally, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam last year. So INC decided to contest alone in all 39 seats in the state.[14] The minister of shipping of the Republic of India G. K. Vasan[15] and the minister of finance of the Republic of India P. Chidambaram were opted out of the election.[16]

Left and Secular Alliance (LSA)

After six rounds of seat-sharing talks with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for the Lok Sabha seats, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India failed to bear fruit, and they opted to make an alliance of their own. On 14 March 2014 the two parties held a joint press conference in Chennai, declaring that CPI(M) would contest nine seats and CPI would contest eight seats.[17][18]

Seat sharing of parties

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Party/Alliance Flag Election symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayalalithaa 39
National Democratic Alliance Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Vijayakant 14
Pattali Makkal Katchi S. Ramadoss 8
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko 7
Bharatiya Janata Party Pon. Radhakrishnan 6
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi T. R. Paarivendhar 1
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi E. R. Eswaran 1
Puthiya Needhi Katchi A. C. Shanmugam 1
Democratic Progressive Alliance Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi 34
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Thol. Thirumavalavan 2
Indian Union Muslim League K. M. Kader Mohideen 1
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi M. H. Jawahirullah 1
Puthiya Tamilagam K. Krishnasamy 1
Indian National Congress B. S. Gnanadesikan 39
Left and Secular Alliance Communist Party of India (Marxist) G. Ramakrishnan 9
Communist Party of India D. Pandian 8

Candidates

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List of candidates from the prominent political parties
Constituency AIADMK NDA DPA INC LSA
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Tiruvallur AIADMK P. Venugopal DMDK V. Yuvaraj VCK D. Ravikumar INC M. Jayakumar CPI A. S. Kannan
2 Chennai North AIADMK T. G. Venkatesh Babu DMDK M. Soundarapandian DMK R. Girirajan INC Biju Chacko CPI(M) U. Vasuki
3 Chennai South AIADMK J. Jayavardhan BJP La. Ganesan DMK T. K. S. Elangovan INC S. V. Ramani Did not contest
4 Chennai Central AIADMK S. R. Vijayakumar DMDK J. Constandine Ravindran DMK Dayanidhi Maran INC C. D. Meyyappan Did not contest
5 Sriperumbudur AIADMK K. N. Ramachandran MDMK R. Masilamani DMK S. Jagathrakshakan INC Arul Anbarasu Did not contest
6 Kancheepuram AIADMK K. Maragatham MDMK C. E. Sathya DMK G. Selvam INC P. Viswanathan Did not contest
7 Arakkonam AIADMK G. Hari PMK R. Velu DMK N. R. Elango INC R. Rajesh Did not contest
8 Vellore AIADMK B. Senguttuvan BJP A. C. Shanmugam IUML M. Abdul Rahman INC J. Vijay Elanchezian Did not contest
9 Krishnagiri AIADMK K. Ashok Kumar PMK G. K. Mani DMK P. Chinna Pillappa INC A. Chellakumar Did not contest
10 Dharmapuri AIADMK P. S. Mohan PMK Anbumani Ramadoss DMK R. Thamaraiselvan INC Rama Suganthan Did not contest
11 Tiruvannamalai AIADMK R. Vanaroja PMK G. Ediroli Manian DMK C. N. Annadurai INC A. Subramaniyan Did not contest
12 Arani AIADMK V. Elumalai PMK A. K. Moorthy DMK R. Sivanandam INC M. K. Vishnu Prasad Did not contest
13 Viluppuram AIADMK S. Rajendran DMDK K. Umasankar DMK K. Muthaiyan INC K. Rani CPI(M) G. Anandan
14 Kallakurichi AIADMK K. Kamaraj DMDK V. P. Eswaran DMK R. Manimaran INC R. Devadass Did not contest
15 Salem AIADMK V. Pannerselvam DMDK L. K. Sudhish DMK S. Umarani INC Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam Did not contest
16 Namakkal AIADMK P. R. Sundaram DMDK S. K. Vel DMK S. Gandhiselvan INC G. R. Subramaniyan Did not contest
17 Erode AIADMK S. Selvakumara Chinnayan MDMK A. Ganeshamurthi DMK H. Pavithravalli INC P. Gopi Did not contest
18 Tiruppur AIADMK V. Sathyabama DMDK N. Dineshkumar DMK M. Senthilnathan INC E. V. K. S. Elangovan CPI K. Subbarayan
19 Nilgiris AIADMK C. Gopalakrishnan Did not contest DMK A. Raja INC P. Gandhi Did not contest
20 Coimbatore AIADMK P. Nagarajan BJP C. P. Radhakrishnan DMK K. Ganeshkumar INC R. Prabhu CPI(M) P. R. Natarajan
21 Pollachi AIADMK C. Mahendran BJP E. R. Eswaran DMK Pongalur N. Palanisamy INC Selvaraj Did not contest
22 Dindigul AIADMK M. Udhaya Kumar DMDK A. Krishnamoorthy DMK S. Gandhirajan INC N. S. V. Chitthan CPI(M) N. Pandi
23 Karur AIADMK M. Thambidurai DMDK N. S. Krishnan DMK M. Chinnasamy INC S. Jothimani Did not contest
24 Tiruchirappalli AIADMK P. Kumar DMDK A, M, G, Vijaykumar DMK Mu. Anbhalagan INC Sarubala R. Tondaiman CPI(M) S. Sridhar
25 Perambalur AIADMK R. P. Marutharajaa BJP T. R. Paarivendhar DMK S. Seemanur Prabu INC M. Rajasekaran Did not contest
26 Cuddalore AIADMK A. Arunmozhithevan DMDK C. R. Jayasankar DMK K. Nandagopalakrishnan INC K. S. Alagiri CPI K. Balasubramanian
27 Chidambaram AIADMK M. Chandrakasi PMK Sudhamanirathinem VCK Thol. Thirumavalavan INC P. Vallal Peruman Did not contest
28 Mayiladuthurai AIADMK R. K. Bharathi Mohan PMK K. Agoram MNMK S. Hyder Ali INC Mani Shankar Aiyar Did not contest
29 Nagapattinam AIADMK K. Gopal PMK Vadivel Ravanan DMK A. K. S. Vijayan INC Thalai T. A. P. Senthilpandian CPI G. Palanisamy
30 Thanjavur AIADMK K. Parasuraman BJP M. Muruganantham DMK T. R. Baalu INC T. Krishnasamy Vandayar CPI(M) S. Tamilselvi
31 Sivaganga AIADMK P. R. Senthilnathan BJP H. Raja DMK Dhurai Raaj Subha INC Karti P. Chidambaram CPI S. Krishnan
32 Madurai AIADMK R. Gopalakrishnan DMDK D. Sivamuthu Kumar DMK V. Velusamy INC T. N. Bharath Nachiappan CPI(M) B. Vikraman
33 Theni AIADMK R. Parthipan MDMK K. Alagusundaram DMK Pon. Muthuramalingam INC J. M. Aaroon Rashid Did not contest
34 Virudhunagar AIADMK T. Radhakrishnan MDMK Vaiko DMK S. Rethinavelu INC B. Manickam Tagore CPI(M) K. Samuelraj
35 Ramanathapuram AIADMK A. Anwhar Raajhaa BJP D. Kuppu Ramu DMK S. Mohamed Jaleel INC Su. Thirunavukkarasar CPI R. T. Uma Mageswari
36 Thoothukkudi AIADMK J. Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee MDMK S. Joel DMK P. Jegan INC A. P. C. V. Shanmugam CPI A. Mohanraj
37 Tenkasi AIADMK M. Vasanthi MDMK T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar PT K. Krishnasamy INC K. Jayakumar CPI P. Lingam
38 Tirunelveli AIADMK K. R. P. Prabakaran DMDK S. Sivananenthaperumal DMK Devadasa Sundaram INC S. S. Ramasubbu Did not contest
39 Kanniyakumari AIADMK D. John Thankam BJP Pon. Radhakrishnan DMK F. M. Rajarathnam INC H. Vasanthakumar CPI(M) A. V. Bellarmin

Opinion poll

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Polling agency Date published Lead Ref.
AIADMK NDA DPA INC Others
Times Now-India TV-CVoter August – October 2013 28 0 5 1 5 AIADMK [19]
India Today-CVoter December 2013 – January 2014 29 – 5 0 5 AIADMK [20]
Times Now-India TV-CVoter January – February 2014 27 0 5 1 6 AIADMK [21]
NDTV-Hansa Research March 2014 27 0 10 0 2 AIADMK [22]
CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS March – April 2014 15–21 6 – 10 10 – 16 0 0 AIADMK [23]
NDTV-Hansa Research April 2014 22 3 14 0 0 AIADMK [24]
India Today-Cicero 4 – 12 April 2014 20–24 4 – 6 9 – 13 0 0–2 AIADMK [25]

Results

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By Party

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Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 17,978,922 44.92 Increase 22.01 39 37 Increase 28
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 2,223,566 5.56 Increase 3.21 8 1 Increase 1
Pattali Makkal Katchi 1,804,812 4.51 Decrease 1.21 8 1 Increase 1
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 2,078,843 5.19 Decrease 4.89 14 0 Steady
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,417,535 3.54 Decrease 0.12 7 0 Decrease 1
Total 7,524,756 18.80 Decrease 3.01 38 2 Increase 1
DPA Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9,570,666 23.91 Decrease 1.21 34 0 Decrease 18
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 606,110 1.51 Decrease 0.90 2 0 Decrease 1
Puthiya Tamilagam 262,812 0.66 Increase 0.26 1 0 Steady
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi 236,679 0.59 Increase 0.37 1 0 Steady
Indian Union Muslim League 205,896 0.51 Steady 1 0 Steady
Total 10,882,163 27.18 Decrease 1.48 39 0 Decrease 19
Indian National Congress 1,750,990 4.37 Decrease 10.66 39 0 Decrease 8
LSA Communist Party of India (Marxist) 220,632 0.55 Decrease 1.65 9 0 Decrease 1
Communist Party of India 219,866 0.55 Decrease 2.30 8 0 Decrease 1
Total 440,498 1.10 Decrease 3.95 17 0 Decrease 2
Others 866,317 2.20 Steady 673 0 Steady
NOTA 581,782 1.43 Steady
Total 40,025,367 100 N/A 845 39 N/A
Vote statistics
Valid votes 40,025,367 72.62
Invalid votes 651,915 1.12
Votes cast/turnout 40,644,282 73.74
Abstentions 14,470,585 26.26
Registered voters 55,114,867 100

By Member

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37 1 1
AIADMK BJP PMK

By Constituency

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Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Party Candidate Votes % Party Candidate Votes %
1 Tiruvallur AIADMK P. Venugopal 628,499 50.10 VCK D. Ravikumar 305,069 24.32 323,430
2 Chennai North AIADMK T. G. Venkatesh Babu 406,704 44.67 DMK R. Girirajan 307,000 33.72 99,704
3 Chennai South AIADMK J. Jayavardhan 434,540 40.03 DMK T. K. S. Elangovan 298,965 27.54 135,575
4 Chennai Central AIADMK S. R. Vijayakumar 333,296 40.88 DMK Dayanidhi Maran 287,455 35.26 45,841
5 Sriperumbudur AIADMK K. N. Ramachandran 545,820 42.42 DMK S. Jagathrakshakan 443,174 34.44 102,646
6 Kancheepuram AIADMK K. Maragatham 499,395 44.20 DMK G. Selvam 352,529 31.20 146,866
7 Arakkonam AIADMK G. Hari 493,534 45.29 DMK N. R. Elango 252,768 23.19 240,766
8 Vellore AIADMK B. Senguttuvan 383,719 39.35 BJP A. C. Shanmugam 324,326 33.26 59,393
9 Krishnagiri AIADMK K. Ashok Kumar 480,491 44.93 DMK P. Chinna Pillappa 273,900 25.61 206,591
10 Dharmapuri PMK Anbumani Ramadoss 468,194 42.46 AIADMK P. S. Mohan 391,048 35.46 77,146
11 Tiruvannamalai AIADMK R. Vanaroja 500,751 46.86 DMK C. N. Annadurai 332,145 31.08 168,606
12 Arani AIADMK V. Elumalai 502,721 45.85 DMK R. Sivanandam 258,877 23.61 243,844
13 Viluppuram AIADMK S. Rajendran 482,704 45.19 DMK K. Muthaiyan 289,337 27.09 193,367
14 Kallakurichi AIADMK K. Kamaraj 533,383 48.16 DMK R. Manimaran 309,876 27.98 223,507
15 Salem AIADMK V. Pannerselvam 556,546 48.36 DMK S. Umarani 288,936 25.11 267,610
16 Namakkal AIADMK P. R. Sundaram 563,272 53.14 DMK S. Gandhiselvan 268,898 25.37 294,374
17 Erode AIADMK S. Selvakumara Chinnayan 466,995 46.26 MDMK A. Ganeshamurthi 255,432 25.30 211,563
18 Tiruppur AIADMK V. Sathyabama 442,778 42.14 DMDK N. Dineshkumar 263,463 25.07 179,315
19 Nilgiris AIADMK C. Gopalakrishnan 463,700 49.67 DMK A. Raja 358760 38.43 104,940
20 Coimbatore AIADMK P. Nagarajan 431,717 36.69 BJP C. P. Radhakrishnan 389,701 33.12 42,016
21 Pollachi AIADMK C. Mahendran 417,092 41.18 BJP E. R. Eswaran 276,118 27.26 140,974
22 Dindigul AIADMK M. Udhaya Kumar 510,462 47.10 DMK S. Gandhirajan 382,617 35.31 127,845
23 Karur AIADMK M. Thambidurai 540,722 51.64 DMK M. Chinnasamy 345,475 32.99 195,247
24 Tiruchirappalli AIADMK P. Kumar 458,478 46.37 DMK Mu. Anbhalagan 308,002 31.15 150,476
25 Perambalur AIADMK R. P. Marutharajaa 462,693 44.85 DMK S. Seemanur Prabu 249,645 24.20 213,048
26 Cuddalore AIADMK A. Arunmozhithevan 481,429 48.87 DMK K. Nandagopalakrishnan 278,304 28.25 203,125
27 Chidambaram AIADMK M. Chandrakasi 429,536 39.45 VCK Thol. Thirumavalavan 301,041 27.65 128,495
28 Mayiladuthurai AIADMK R. K. Bharathi Mohan 513,729 50.04 MNMK S. Hyder Ali 236,679 23.06 277,050
29 Nagapattinam AIADMK K. Gopal 434,174 46.06 DMK A. K. S. Vijayan 328,095 34.81 106,079
30 Thanjavur AIADMK K. Parasuraman 510,307 50.39 DMK T. R. Baalu 366,188 36.16 144,119
31 Sivaganga AIADMK P. R. Senthilnathan 475,993 46.33 DMK Dhurai Raaj Subha 246,608 24.00 229,385
32 Madurai AIADMK R. Gopalakrishnan 453,785 46.48 DMK V. Velusamy 254,361 26.05 199,424
33 Theni AIADMK R. Parthipan 571,254 53.06 DMK Pon. Muthuramalingam 256,722 23.84 314,532
34 Virudhunagar AIADMK T. Radhakrishnan 406,694 40.20 MDMK Vaiko 261,143 25.81 145,551
35 Ramanathapuram AIADMK A. Anwhar Raajhaa 405,945 40.54 DMK S. Mohamed Jaleel 286,621 28.63 119,324
36 Thoothukkudi AIADMK J. Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee 366,052 39.92 DMK P. Jegan 242,050 26.40 124,002
37 Tenkasi AIADMK M. Vasanthi 424,586 41.65 PT K. Krishnasamy 262,812 25.78 161,774
38 Tirunelveli AIADMK K. R. P. Prabakaran 398,139 41.36 DMK Devadasa Sundaram 272,040 28.26 126,099
39 Kanniyakumari BJP Pon. Radhakrishnan 372,906 37.62 INC H. Vasanthakumar 244,244 24.64 128,662

Analysis

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The ruling AIADMK, after winning 37 out of 39 seats, emerged as the third largest party in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. It had been recorded as the best performance by any party in the state after the INC, when it won 31 seats in the 1962 election. Prominent DMK leaders and former union cabinet ministers T. R. Baalu, A. Raja, and Dayanidhi Maran lost their respective seats. AIADMK's big success can be understood from the fact that, despite being a multi-cornered contest between AIADMK, NDA, DPA, INC, and LSA 33 seats were won by the party with a margin of more than 1 lakh votes.[26]

However, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa ruled out joining the new government of India led by the BJP-led NDA.[27]

After the result of 1989 and 1991 elections, it was the third time that the DMK had no representative in the Lok Sabha. The same thing happened to INC when it drew a blank since the 1998 election. Similarly, the communist parties, the CPI and CPI(M), did not win any seats, their worst performances since the 1999 and 1996 elections, respectively.

The factors attributed to the sweeping result in favor of AIADMK were the implementation of various welfare schemes by the government led by J. Jayalalithaa and the hope people in Tamil Nadu had in her that she would protect Tamil interests.[28]

Key positions held by elected members of parliament

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Deputy speakers of the Lok Sabha

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Elected constituency Term in office Political party Speaker
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 M. Thambidurai
(1947–) 		Karur 13 August 2014 25 May 2019 4 years, 285 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Sumitra Mahajan

Union ministers of state

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Elected constituency Portfolio Term in office Political party Cabinet Minister
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 Pon. Radhakrishnan
(1952–) 		Kanniyakumari Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 27 May 2014 8 November 2014 165 days Bharatiya Janata Party Anant Geete
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 9 November 2014 2 September 2017 2 years, 297 days Nitin Gadkari
Ministry of Shipping 24 May 2019 4 years, 196 days Nitin Gadkari
Ministry of Finance 3 September 2017 1 year, 263 days Arun Jaitley

Piyush Goyal

Arun Jaitley

See also

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