Constituency
113. Vellakoil
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-VELLAKOIL
DMK 49.4%won by 5.9%AIADMK 43.4%
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 5.9%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 35.6% to 49.4% of the vote here (+13.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.8% between them, down from 98.4% — 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
1,16,407
Margin
6,914
5.94%
Candidates
10 contested · winner DMK- 1SAMINATHAN, M.P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK57,46749.4%
- 2DHURAI RAMASWAMYAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK50,55343.4%
- 3SHANMUGAM, V.N.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK7,5616.5%
- 4NALLAMUTHU, K.Independent · IND2380.2%
- 5CHELLAMUTHU, M.S.Independent · IND1330.1%
- 6MANICKAM, C.Independent · IND1310.1%
- 7MADHIYALAGAN, S.K.Independent · IND1220.1%
- 8SELVARAJ, V.Independent · IND1130.1%
- 9THANGAVEL, V.Independent · IND530.0%
- 10ELAVARASAN, A.R.Independent · IND360.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +33.2%
- DMK share
- 35.6% → 49.4%
- AIADMK share
- 62.8% → 43.4%
- Turnout
- — → —