Constituency
32. Arakkonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-ARAKKONAM
DMK 58.1%won by 38.6%PMK 19.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 38.6%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 27.3% to 58.1% of the vote here (+30.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK).
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
1,21,374
Margin
46,820
38.57%
Candidates
10 contested · winner DMK- 1THAMIZH CHELVAN, R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK70,55058.1%
- 2ELUMALAI, R.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK23,73019.6%
- 3YASODHA, D.Indian National Congress · INC22,80218.8%
- 4KESAVAN, A.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,1472.6%
- 5YESUDOSS @ RAJANIndependent · IND3680.3%
- 6DAVID, G.Independent · IND2560.2%
- 7VIJAYAKUMAR, M.G.Independent · IND1500.1%
- 8JAYARAJ, M.Independent · IND1480.1%
- 9VENKATESAN, G.Independent · IND1210.1%
- 10MANOJI @ MANOJI KUMAR, C.Independent · IND1020.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–PMK swing
- +27.9%
- DMK share
- 27.3% → 58.1%
- PMK share
- 16.6% → 19.6%
- Turnout
- — → —