Constituency

49. Arani

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-ARANI

DMK 51.3%won by 14.8%AIADMK 36.5%

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 14.8%.

DMK vote shareDMK went from 28.3% to 51.3% of the vote here (+23.0%).
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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not in source

Turnout

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Valid votes

1,22,867

Margin

18,179

14.80%

Candidates

11 contested · winner DMK

1R. SIVANANDAM Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK63,01451.3%
2CHINNAKULAMDAI, M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK44,83536.5%
3V. SUBBIRAMANI Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK8,4776.9%
4D. DHAKSHINAMOORTHY Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK4,3443.5%
5N. JAYARAMAN Independent · IND6990.6%
6N. DAMODARAN Independent · IND4850.4%
7S. SIVAKAMY Independent · IND2810.2%
8V. MANOGARAN Independent · IND2690.2%
9T. KASILINGAM Independent · IND2070.2%
10ARNI ARUMUGAM Independent · IND1480.1%
11E. BALARAMAN Independent · IND1080.1%

Since 1991

Derived

Winner then: AIADMK
Winner now: DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing: +45.1%
DMK share: 28.3% → 51.3%
AIADMK share: 58.5% → 36.5%
Turnout: — → —

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