Election
Constituency

11. Chepauk

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-CHEPAUK

DMK 77.1%won by 59.8%INC 17.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 59.8%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 43.0% to 77.1% of the vote here (+34.0%).
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
59,827
Margin
35,784
59.81%

Candidates

23 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1M.KARUNA NIDHIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK46,09777.1%
  2. 2N.S.S.NELLAI KANNANIndian National Congress · INC10,31317.2%
  3. 3ERA. MEYAPPANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,3802.3%
  4. 4S.K. DORAISWAMYJanata Dal · JD9251.5%
  5. 5A. AKRAM KHANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3540.6%
  6. 6K. RAJU GURUSWAMY @ K. RAJUIndependent · IND2430.4%
  7. 7M. BALUIndependent · IND1120.2%
  8. 8A. POOMPAVAIIndependent · IND510.1%
  9. 9M.S. CHANDRA MOULIIndependent · IND390.1%
  10. 10D.V. SARAVANANSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP380.1%
  11. 11K. MOHANIndependent · IND380.1%
  12. 12V. KUMARASAMY ADITYAN, V.Independent · IND320.1%
  13. 13M. VENKATESAN, M.Independent · IND310.1%
  14. 14A.N. SUBRAMANIYA PRASADIndependent · IND270.0%
  15. 15K. NAGAIMUGAN, K.Independent · IND240.0%
  16. 16A.K. INASIndependent · IND240.0%
  17. 17A. BALASUBRAMANIANIndependent · IND190.0%
  18. 18M. JALALUDEEN, M.Independent · IND170.0%
  19. 19V. MATHIVANANIndependent · IND160.0%
  20. 20V. DEENADAYALANIndependent · IND140.0%
  21. 21M.S. SHERIFFIndependent · IND140.0%
  22. 22N. THANIKACHALAMIndependent · IND100.0%
  23. 23E. JAGANNATHANIndependent · IND90.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–INC swing
+67.4%
DMK share
43.0% → 77.1%
INC share
50.6% → 17.2%
Turnout
— → —
10. Thousand Lights12. Triplicane
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