Constituency
97. Kapilamalai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-KAPILAMALAI
DMK 56.0%won by 25.8%AIADMK 30.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 25.8%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 26.7% to 56.0% of the vote here (+29.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.2% between them, down from 93.7% — 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
1,15,369
Margin
29,710
25.75%
Candidates
25 contested · winner DMK- 1VEERAPPAN, K.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK64,60556.0%
- 2RAJALINGAM, R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK34,89530.2%
- 3KANDASAMY, M.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK7,8826.8%
- 4CHANDRASEKARAN, K.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK5,2214.5%
- 5RAMALINGAM, A.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP6640.6%
- 6ILANGO, S.Independent · IND3550.3%
- 7GUNASEKARAN, K.Independent · IND2030.2%
- 8DEVARAJ, K.C.Independent · IND1590.1%
- 9MANI, A.Independent · IND1320.1%
- 10MARIMUTHU, P.Independent · IND1270.1%
- 11VELUSAMY, S.Independent · IND1270.1%
- 12SUBRAMANIAM, S.S.Independent · IND1210.1%
- 13MURUGESAN. S.P.Independent · IND1020.1%
- 14ARULMANI, M.TNKMI · TNKMI990.1%
- 15SELVAM, K.Independent · IND990.1%
- 16SHANMUGAM, K.Independent · IND940.1%
- 17KANNAN, R.Independent · IND810.1%
- 18SAMINATHAN, A.Independent · IND760.1%
- 19SEKAR, P.Independent · IND700.1%
- 20MUTHUSAMY. K.Independent · IND650.1%
- 21MARUTHANAYAGAM, M.Independent · IND530.0%
- 22PALANIAPPAN, V.P.Independent · IND420.0%
- 23SELVARAJ, R.Independent · IND380.0%
- 24SENGODAN, R.Independent · IND370.0%
- 25NAINAMALAI, K.P.Independent · IND220.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +66.1%
- DMK share
- 26.7% → 56.0%
- AIADMK share
- 67.0% → 30.2%
- Turnout
- — → —