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12. Kuruvinatham

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1996

PY-KURUVINATHAM

INC 48.8%won by 1.3%MDMK 47.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.0% to 1.3%.

  • New challengerMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) finished second with 47.6% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 82.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
14,758
Margin
187
1.27%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1T. THIAGARAJANIndian National Congress · INC7,20948.8%
  2. 2R. RAMANATHANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK7,02247.6%
  3. 3A. ANNAPOORNIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3052.1%
  4. 4M. SHANMUGAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP890.6%
  5. 5M. MUTHUNARAYANANIndependent · IND830.6%
  6. 6C. MANIJanahitha Paksha · JP500.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–MDMK swing
−50.5%
INC share
51.7% → 48.8%
MDMK share
0.0% → 47.6%
Turnout
— → —
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