Constituency
88. Salem-I
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-SALEM-I
DMK 58.8%won by 26.3%INC 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,14,875
Margin
30,267
26.35%
Candidates
25 contested · winner DMK- 1DHANAPALAN, K.R.G.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK67,56658.8%
- 2NATARAJAN, A.T.Indian National Congress · INC37,29932.5%
- 3JEYARAMAN, S.R.AIICT · AIICT4,4373.9%
- 4VENUGOPALAN, B.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1821.9%
- 5RAVIKRISHNAN, T.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK1,2591.1%
- 6KASILINGAM, R.Independent · IND4130.4%
- 7SUDHAKARAN, R.Independent · IND3860.3%
- 8SAMARASAM, S.A.Independent · IND1790.2%
- 9SALEEM, A.S.Independent · IND1240.1%
- 10ARUMUGAM, K.M.Independent · IND1120.1%
- 11GOVERTHANAN, K.Independent · IND1110.1%
- 12KENNEDY, N.Independent · IND830.1%
- 13PERUMAL, P.Independent · IND820.1%
- 14SATHASIVAM, A.Independent · IND750.1%
- 15VEERASAMY, N.Independent · IND730.1%
- 16SUBRAMANI, V.Independent · IND660.1%
- 17RAMAMOORTHY, B.Independent · IND660.1%
- 18SOUNDAPPAN, S.Independent · IND610.1%
- 19GANESAN, V.Independent · IND590.1%
- 20SENBAGAVALLI, S.Independent · IND530.0%
- 21GANAPATHY, K.Independent · IND500.0%
- 22MURALI, C.V.Independent · IND480.0%
- 23RAJA, S.M.Independent · IND360.0%
- 24MADHU, N.Independent · IND280.0%
- 25VAIYAPURI, S.Independent · IND270.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +63.6%
- DMK share
- 28.7% → 58.8%
- INC share
- 66.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —