Constituency
4. Park Town
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-PARK-TOWN
DMK 68.4%won by 45.3%INC 23.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 45.3%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 37.8% to 68.4% of the vote here (+30.6%).
- Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
65,124
Margin
29,479
45.27%
Candidates
19 contested · winner DMK- 1T. RAJHENDHERRDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK44,56568.4%
- 2S.V. SHANKARIndian National Congress · INC15,08623.2%
- 3L. SUNDARAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1833.4%
- 4KOOTHARASANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK1,6202.5%
- 5U. BALARAMANAIICT · AIICT1,1051.7%
- 6P.K. KRISHNADOSSIndependent · IND990.2%
- 7G.K. BABUIndependent · IND690.1%
- 8P. JAYAIndependent · IND680.1%
- 9E. MURUGANIndependent · IND560.1%
- 10K. RADHAKRISHNANBMC · BMC520.1%
- 11M.R.K. SUNDARAMIndependent · IND490.1%
- 12S.N. PARAMA-NANDAMIndependent · IND270.0%
- 13G. DURAISWAMYIndependent · IND270.0%
- 14V.S. RAJENDRANIndependent · IND260.0%
- 15R. MAHALINGAMIndependent · IND250.0%
- 16V. ASHOKIndependent · IND250.0%
- 17V. DHANDAPANIIndependent · IND150.0%
- 18S.K. JAYARAMANIndependent · IND140.0%
- 19C. JAGAJOTHIIndependent · IND130.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +62.5%
- DMK share
- 37.8% → 68.4%
- INC share
- 55.0% → 23.2%
- Turnout
- — → —