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Constituency

88. Salem-I

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-SALEM-I

DMK 58.8%won by 26.3%INC 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 26.3%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 28.7% to 58.8% of the vote here (+30.1%).
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,14,875
Margin
30,267
26.35%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKINC swing
+63.6%
DMK share
28.7% 58.8%
INC share
66.0% 32.5%
Turnout