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Constituency

69. Vridhachalam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-VRIDHACHALAM

DMK 37.4%won by 5.2%PMK 32.2%

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 5.2%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 20.7% to 37.4% of the vote here (+16.7%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.6% between them, down from 77.7% — 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
1,31,213
Margin
6,885
5.25%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKPMK swing
+17.2%
DMK share
20.7% 37.4%
PMK share
32.7% 32.2%
Turnout