Constituency
20. Tambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-TAMBARAM
DMK 64.9%won by 44.5%INC 20.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 44.5%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 33.5% to 64.9% of the vote here (+31.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.4% between them, down from 91.4% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
2,56,370
Margin
1,13,959
44.45%
Candidates
26 contested · winner DMK- 1VAIDYALINGAM, M.A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,66,40164.9%
- 2MADHAVAN, K.B.Indian National Congress · INC52,44220.5%
- 3SOMASUNDARAM, K.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK17,3506.8%
- 4ELUMALAI, D.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK8,5003.3%
- 5PONSOLIAPPAN, A.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,3282.9%
- 6RENGANATHAN, E.Independent · IND6240.2%
- 7SELVANATHAN, E.Independent · IND5100.2%
- 8SELVARAJ, P.Independent · IND4730.2%
- 9MATHIALAGAN, C.Independent · IND3540.1%
- 10CHITHIRAI, V.Independent · IND3190.1%
- 11SELVARASU, N.Independent · IND2120.1%
- 12SRINIVASAN, S.Independent · IND1740.1%
- 13SURESH KUMAR, S.Independent · IND1680.1%
- 14ELUMALAI, T.Independent · IND1650.1%
- 15NAGOOR MEERANIndependent · IND1520.1%
- 16RAMALINGAM NADARIndependent · IND1350.1%
- 17DURAIRAMASAMYIndependent · IND1300.1%
- 18ALLIMUTHU, T.E.Independent · IND1280.0%
- 19BASKARAN, K.Independent · IND1250.0%
- 20MARIMUTHU, T.S.Independent · IND1210.0%
- 21RAJKUMAR, R.Independent · IND1200.0%
- 22THANGAMANI, R.Independent · IND1190.0%
- 23MUNUSAMYIndependent · IND1180.0%
- 24RAJENDRAN, D.Independent · IND720.0%
- 25WILLIAM SHAKSPERE, J.Independent · IND670.0%
- 26RAJAVELAN, P.M.Independent · IND630.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +68.7%
- DMK share
- 33.5% → 64.9%
- INC share
- 57.8% → 20.5%
- Turnout
- — → —