Constituency
55. Tindivanam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-TINDIVANAM
DMK 45.4%won by 25.4%PMK 20.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 25.4%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 30.7% to 45.4% of the vote here (+14.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.4% 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
1,00,106
Margin
25,380
25.35%
Candidates
17 contested · winner DMK- 1SEDUNATHAN, R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,44845.4%
- 2KARUNANITHI, M.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK20,06820.0%
- 3MASILAMANI, R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK16,44916.4%
- 4RAJARAM, D.Indian National Congress · INC16,01816.0%
- 5MOORTHY, S.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP5230.5%
- 6KALAIYOGANANTHAN, M.G.Independent · IND2660.3%
- 7ISMAIL, N.M.Independent · IND2290.2%
- 8SADAYAN, K.Independent · IND1690.2%
- 9KRISHNAMOORTHY, C.V.Independent · IND1600.2%
- 10PARASURAMAN, M.Independent · IND1560.2%
- 11ANANDAKUMAR, S.Independent · IND1190.1%
- 12SHANMUGAM, K.K.Independent · IND1190.1%
- 13NATARAJAN, V.Independent · IND1060.1%
- 14MUNUSAMY, P.Independent · IND930.1%
- 15KRISHNAN, P.Independent · IND850.1%
- 16JAYARAMAN, N.Independent · IND490.0%
- 17AKBAR ALI KHAN, A.Independent · IND490.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–PMK swing
- +12.1%
- DMK share
- 30.7% → 45.4%
- PMK share
- 17.4% → 20.0%
- Turnout
- — → —