Constituency
101. Mettuppalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-METTUPPALAYAM
DMK 55.6%won by 23.8%AIADMK 31.8%
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 23.8%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 26.0% to 55.6% of the vote here (+29.6%).
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
1,29,404
Margin
30,752
23.76%
Candidates
16 contested · winner DMK- 1ARUNKUMAR, B.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK71,95455.6%
- 2DORAISWAMY, K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK41,20231.8%
- 3ARANGASAMY, T.T.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK7,8176.0%
- 4NANDHAKUMAR, SRI.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,8843.8%
- 5THANGARAJ, A.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,5481.2%
- 6ANBUSELVAN, S.B.Janahitha Paksha · JP7610.6%
- 7KANDASWAMY, R.Independent · IND2720.2%
- 8KAMALDEEN, U.Independent · IND2190.2%
- 9MANONMANI, C.Independent · IND2120.2%
- 10SHANMUGAM, K.M.Independent · IND1310.1%
- 11GOWTHMASRINIVASAN, N.Independent · IND930.1%
- 12SIVAKUMAR, V.R.Independent · IND760.1%
- 13RANGARAJ, K.Independent · IND730.1%
- 14CHINNAKANNAN, T.Independent · IND620.0%
- 15RAMASAMY, K.K.Independent · IND550.0%
- 16VENKATACHALAPATHI, N.Independent · IND450.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +58.6%
- DMK share
- 26.0% → 55.6%
- AIADMK share
- 60.8% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —