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21. Lawspet

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1996

PY-LAWSPET

DMK 54.4%won by 20.6%INC 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 20.6%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 54.4% of the vote here (+54.4%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.2% between them, down from 98.4% — the field split more ways.

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
30,227
Margin
6,231
20.61%

Candidates

13 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1N. KESAVANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK16,44254.4%
  2. 2M.O.H.F. SHAJAHANIndian National Congress · INC10,21133.8%
  3. 3SANKARANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,5968.6%
  4. 4L. KARUNAKARANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3591.2%
  5. 5V. JANAKIRAMANIndependent · IND2200.7%
  6. 6S. ANANDAN @ LOGANATHANIndependent · IND1380.5%
  7. 7P. CHITRADEVIJanahitha Paksha · JP930.3%
  8. 8E. CHANDRASEGARANIndependent · IND570.2%
  9. 9JEGAN @ JAGADEESANIndependent · IND360.1%
  10. 10R. SANKARIndependent · IND270.1%
  11. 11K. JAYARAMANIndependent · IND240.1%
  12. 12B. DHANDAPANIIndependent · IND120.0%
  13. 13N. RAMACHANDRANIndependent · IND120.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–INC swing
+82.1%
DMK share
0.0% → 54.4%
INC share
61.5% → 33.8%
Turnout
— → —
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