Election
Constituency

36. Katpadi

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-KATPADI

DMK 61.2%won by 33.3%AIADMK 27.9%

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 33.3%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 33.0% to 61.2% of the vote here (+28.2%).
  • 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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Valid votes
1,23,266
Margin
41,007
33.27%

Candidates

13 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1DURAIMURUGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK75,43961.2%
  2. 2PANDURANGAN, K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK34,43227.9%
  3. 3MURUGESAN, B.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK5,0424.1%
  4. 4PURUSHOTHAMAN, T.R.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,8193.9%
  5. 5SELLAPANDIAN, S.Independent · IND2,0371.7%
  6. 6ANANDAN, K.Independent · IND4020.3%
  7. 7SELVAMANI, G.Independent · IND4010.3%
  8. 8JEEVA, P.Independent · IND1810.1%
  9. 9GOPI, G.Independent · IND1380.1%
  10. 10BALAKRISHNAN, G.Independent · IND1270.1%
  11. 11AMBUJAMIndependent · IND1000.1%
  12. 12THIRUMAVALAVAN, S.Independent · IND770.1%
  13. 13DAKSHINAMURTHY, S.Independent · IND710.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+56.7%
DMK share
33.0% → 61.2%
AIADMK share
56.4% → 27.9%
Turnout
— → —
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