Constituency
42. Chengam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-CHENGAM
DMK 59.1%won by 26.7%AIADMK 32.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 26.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 59.1% of the vote here (+59.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
99,747
Margin
26,633
26.70%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1NANNAN, K.V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK58,95859.1%
- 2THAMIZHARASAN, C.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK32,32532.4%
- 3RAJI, C.Independent · IND4,6454.7%
- 4SETTU, M.Janata Dal · JD3,0863.1%
- 5CHANDRAVENI, T.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP2560.3%
- 6PANDIYAN, G.Independent · IND1850.2%
- 7RAJENDIRAN, P.Independent · IND1320.1%
- 8PALANICHAMY, V.Independent · IND1170.1%
- 9ANNAPPAN, M.Independent · IND430.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +86.0%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 59.1%
- AIADMK share
- 59.3% → 32.4%
- Turnout
- — → —