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Constituency

63. Cuddalore

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-CUDDALORE

DMK 62.3%won by 40.7%INC 21.6%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,19,606
Margin
48,627
40.66%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKINC swing
+55.0%
DMK share
34.3% 62.3%
INC share
48.6% 21.6%
Turnout