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Constituency

22. Chengalpattu

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-CHENGALPATTU

DMK 57.5%won by 31.9%AIADMK 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 31.9%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 32.8% to 57.5% of the vote here (+24.7%).
  • Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,15,493
Margin
36,805
31.87%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKAIADMK swing
+47.7%
DMK share
32.8% 57.5%
AIADMK share
48.6% 25.7%
Turnout