Constituency
27. Sriperumbudur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-SRIPERUMBUDUR
DMK 58.7%won by 29.9%INC 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 29.9%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 29.9% to 58.7% of the vote here (+28.8%).
- Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
1,21,900
Margin
36,436
29.89%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1KOTHANDAM, E.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK71,57558.7%
- 2CHINNANDI, K.N.Indian National Congress · INC35,13928.8%
- 3SEPPAN, A.Independent · IND7,4476.1%
- 4SAMPATH, V.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK5,7794.7%
- 5SHANMUGAM, C.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,3291.1%
- 6SANKAR, P.Independent · IND3050.3%
- 7VEERASAMY, E.Independent · IND2000.2%
- 8PURATCHIMUTHU @ MUTHU, K.Independent · IND1260.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +60.9%
- DMK share
- 29.9% → 58.7%
- INC share
- 60.9% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- — → —