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Constituency

58. Villupuram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-VILLUPURAM

DMK 58.2%won by 32.3%AIADMK 25.9%

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 32.3%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 33.4% to 58.2% of the vote here (+24.9%).
  • Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,28,581
Margin
41,586
32.34%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKAIADMK swing
+47.8%
DMK share
33.4% 58.2%
AIADMK share
48.8% 25.9%
Turnout