Constituency
19. Thattanchavady
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1996
PY-THATTANCHAVADY
INC 43.0%won by 9.8%JD 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.3% to 9.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 99.1% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
23,255
Margin
2,290
9.85%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1N. RANGASAMYIndian National Congress · INC9,98943.0%
- 2V. PETHAPERUMALJanata Dal · JD7,69933.1%
- 3V. RATHINAVELUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK5,22322.5%
- 4K. RAJASEKARANIndependent · IND1120.5%
- 5R. MANOGARANIndependent · IND1100.5%
- 6N. AJEVARIndependent · IND530.2%
- 7R. SUNDARABABUIndependent · IND520.2%
- 8A. VELU COUNDERIndependent · IND170.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −30.5%
- INC share
- 69.7% → 43.0%
- JD share
- 29.4% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —