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96. Namakkal

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-NAMAKKAL

DMK 62.2%won by 30.8%AIADMK 31.4%

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 30.8%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 26.4% to 62.2% of the vote here (+35.7%).
  • 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
1,23,665
Margin
38,065
30.78%

Candidates

12 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1VEISAMY, K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK76,86062.2%
  2. 2ANBAIAGAN, S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK38,79531.4%
  3. 3MAYAVAN, R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK5,4354.4%
  4. 4RAVINTHIRAN, K.Independent · IND1,4441.2%
  5. 5SINGARAVEL, S.Independent · IND2410.2%
  6. 6KANNAMMA, P.Independent · IND2120.2%
  7. 7KENDI GANESAN, V.Independent · IND1750.1%
  8. 8VARUDHARAJU, A.Independent · IND1590.1%
  9. 9MANIKUMAR, T.P.Independent · IND1260.1%
  10. 10PONNUSAMY, K.Independent · IND960.1%
  11. 11DHANASEKARAN, T.Independent · IND820.1%
  12. 12PONNUSAMY, K.Independent · IND400.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+75.1%
DMK share
26.4% → 62.2%
AIADMK share
70.7% → 31.4%
Turnout
— → —
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