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77. Krishnagiri

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-KRISHNAGIRI

DMK 64.1%won by 33.6%AIADMK 30.5%

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 33.6%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 26.1% to 64.1% of the vote here (+38.0%).
  • Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,05,829
Margin
35,611
33.65%

Candidates

16 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1KANCHANA KAMALANATHANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK67,84964.1%
  2. 2KATHAVARAYAN, K.P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK32,23830.5%
  3. 3PANDIYAN, K.R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK1,8501.7%
  4. 4THIRUPATHI, C.R.AIICT · AIICT1,1821.1%
  5. 5SATHIQ, Y.Independent · IND5920.6%
  6. 6SESHAGIRI, R.Independent · IND5350.5%
  7. 7NEDUNCHELIAN, S.C.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP4490.4%
  8. 8SHAFIULLAH, S.Independent · IND2470.2%
  9. 9GNANASEKARAN, T.P.Independent · IND1690.2%
  10. 10MAHENDIRAN, V.P.Independent · IND1460.1%
  11. 11BOOBALAN, K.M.Independent · IND1300.1%
  12. 12BALAKRISHNAN, S.Independent · IND1230.1%
  13. 13AMEERJAN, Z.Independent · IND1210.1%
  14. 14RAMESHBABU, S.Independent · IND870.1%
  15. 15VARADAN, S.K.Independent · IND580.1%
  16. 16MURUGESANIndependent · IND530.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+77.5%
DMK share
26.1% → 64.1%
AIADMK share
69.9% → 30.5%
Turnout
— → —
76. Kaveripattinam78. Bargur
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