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50. Cheyyar

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-CHEYYAR

DMK 61.2%won by 32.1%AIADMK 29.1%

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 32.1%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 27.6% to 61.2% of the vote here (+33.6%).
  • 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,16,620
Margin
37,486
32.14%

Candidates

20 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1V. ANBALAGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK71,41661.2%
  2. 2P. CHANDRANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,93029.1%
  3. 3S. SUNDARARAJANIndependent · IND4,8584.2%
  4. 4R. RAMALINGAMMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,8963.3%
  5. 5K. RAJUIndependent · IND3510.3%
  6. 6K.R. THIAGARAJANIndependent · IND3280.3%
  7. 7M. SEETHAPATHIIndependent · IND2530.2%
  8. 8S. EKAMBARAMIndependent · IND2120.2%
  9. 9V. SURIYAKUMARIndependent · IND2020.2%
  10. 10T.M. NALACHAKRAVARTHYIndependent · IND1860.2%
  11. 11K. PANCHATCHARAMIndependent · IND1560.1%
  12. 12K. CHINNAKKANNUSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1320.1%
  13. 13C.B. RAVISANKARIndependent · IND1320.1%
  14. 14G. MUTHUSAMYIndependent · IND1240.1%
  15. 15P. ASOKANIndependent · IND1040.1%
  16. 16R. GANDHIIndependent · IND970.1%
  17. 17S. VASUIndependent · IND850.1%
  18. 18K. NARAYANASAMYIndependent · IND820.1%
  19. 19K.V. PACHAIYAPPANIndependent · IND460.0%
  20. 20G. GNANASAMBANDANIndependent · IND300.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+65.1%
DMK share
27.6% → 61.2%
AIADMK share
60.6% → 29.1%
Turnout
— → —
49. Arani51. Vandavasi
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