Constituency
53. Melmalayanur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-MELMALAYANUR
DMK 45.7%won by 25.5%INC 20.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 25.5%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 28.3% to 45.7% of the vote here (+17.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.9% between them, down from 81.2% — the field split more ways.
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
1,11,439
Margin
28,414
25.50%
Candidates
17 contested · winner DMK- 1GNANASEKAR, A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK50,90545.7%
- 2DHARMARASANIndian National Congress · INC22,49120.2%
- 3MURTHI, A.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK21,63419.4%
- 4PANCHATCHARAN, R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK10,4519.4%
- 5KARUNANIDHI, E.Independent · IND1,2061.1%
- 6THANGAVOL, P.Independent · IND1,1581.0%
- 7SUBRAMANIA GOUNDER, K.Independent · IND1,0040.9%
- 8SANKAR, N.Independent · IND3890.3%
- 9MANINARAN, S.Janahitha Paksha · JP3790.3%
- 10RAVICHANDRAN, G.Independent · IND3690.3%
- 11KOOTHAN, M.A.Independent · IND3530.3%
- 12SUBRAMANIA KUPPUIndependent · IND2420.2%
- 13RAJAGOPAL, T.Independent · IND2000.2%
- 14PACHAIYAPPAN, R.Samajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1930.2%
- 15KESAVAN, C.Independent · IND1820.2%
- 16PERUMAL, E.Independent · IND1520.1%
- 17ANTHONYSAMY, B.L.Independent · IND1310.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +50.2%
- DMK share
- 28.3% → 45.7%
- INC share
- 53.0% → 20.2%
- Turnout
- — → —