Constituency
8. Anna Nagar
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-ANNA-NAGAR
DMK 67.0%won by 44.6%INC 22.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 44.6%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 36.6% to 67.0% of the vote here (+30.5%).
- 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
1,54,842
Margin
69,017
44.57%
Candidates
27 contested · winner DMK- 1ARCOT VEERASWAMI,N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,03,81967.0%
- 2BALASUBRAMANIAN, R.Indian National Congress · INC34,80222.5%
- 3VARADARAJAN, K.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,2034.7%
- 4ELUMALAI, V.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6252.3%
- 5PANDIAN, V.J.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2,5761.7%
- 6ARUNAGIRI, C.ICS · ICS5420.4%
- 7DAVID, J.Independent · IND2840.2%
- 8CHITTY BABU, A.Independent · IND1840.1%
- 9JOHN, D.Independent · IND1530.1%
- 10SAROJA, N.Independent · IND1440.1%
- 11ANTHONY RAJ, A.Independent · IND1320.1%
- 12KAJA MOHIDEEN, P.Independent · IND1300.1%
- 13PALANI, K.Independent · IND1280.1%
- 14KANICKAI MERY, A.Independent · IND1190.1%
- 15ANANTHARAJ, J.Samajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1160.1%
- 16SUKUMAR, G.Independent · IND1070.1%
- 17ARUMUGAM, S.TNMC · TNMC980.1%
- 18LOGANATHAN, G.Independent · IND930.1%
- 19DILLI, R.Independent · IND880.1%
- 20KAMALANATHAN, M.Independent · IND840.1%
- 21SRIKANTH, N.G.Independent · IND780.1%
- 22SOLAI, K.Independent · IND760.0%
- 23INAS, A.K.Independent · IND680.0%
- 24ANANDAN, S.S.Independent · IND590.0%
- 25ALWAR, S.Independent · IND520.0%
- 26RAJAGOPLAN, A.P.Independent · IND510.0%
- 27SUNDARRAJ, S.Independent · IND310.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +65.3%
- DMK share
- 36.6% → 67.0%
- INC share
- 57.3% → 22.5%
- Turnout
- — → —