Constituency
63. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-CUDDALORE
DMK 62.3%won by 40.7%INC 21.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 40.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 34.3% to 62.3% of the vote here (+28.0%).
- 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,19,606
Margin
48,627
40.66%
Candidates
20 contested · winner DMK- 1E. PUGAZHENDHIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK74,48062.3%
- 2K.V. RAJENDIRANIndian National Congress · INC25,85321.6%
- 3N. VARATHARAJANAIICT · AIICT9,5528.0%
- 4S. PADMANABANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK6,9255.8%
- 5S. VARATHARAJANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8480.7%
- 6KARUNANIDHI @ KALAIGNARIndependent · IND3790.3%
- 7K. CHOKKALINGA ACHARIIndependent · IND2580.2%
- 8K. GANAPATHY KURUKKALIndependent · IND1750.1%
- 9A. MANICKAVASAGAMIndependent · IND1530.1%
- 10K. MUNUSAMYIndependent · IND1420.1%
- 11C. ARULIndependent · IND1320.1%
- 12S. RAMASAMYIndependent · IND1130.1%
- 13P. KALIYAPERUMALIndependent · IND1120.1%
- 14V. SELVARAJIndependent · IND980.1%
- 15NAGOOR TANIS @ NAGOOR KANIIndependent · IND870.1%
- 16P. SELVAMIndependent · IND760.1%
- 17V. NAGAPPANIndependent · IND700.1%
- 18S.C. SOUNDARARAJANIndependent · IND700.1%
- 19M.P. RAJAMANICKAMIndependent · IND430.0%
- 20A. SRIDARANIndependent · IND400.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +55.0%
- DMK share
- 34.3% → 62.3%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 21.6%
- Turnout
- — → —