Constituency
114. Pongalur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-PONGALUR
TMCM 53.3%won by 22.5%INC 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 22.5%.
- TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 53.3% of the vote here (+53.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.0% between them, down from 91.5% — 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
97,324
Margin
21,941
22.54%
Candidates
13 contested · winner TMCM- 1MOHAN KANDASWAMY, P.TMCM · TMCM51,82753.3%
- 2THALAPATHY MURUGESANIndian National Congress · INC29,88630.7%
- 3SELVARAJ, P.R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK8,8539.1%
- 4UTHIRAKUMAR, P.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,5773.7%
- 5KANDASWAMY, P.Independent · IND9421.0%
- 6CHINNADURAI, P.Independent · IND4330.4%
- 7NALLASWAMY, P.Independent · IND3720.4%
- 8MANI, V.P.Independent · IND3360.3%
- 9KUMARASWAMY, S.R.Independent · IND3300.3%
- 10KARTHIKEYAN, P.Independent · IND2120.2%
- 11RAMARAJ, C.Independent · IND2040.2%
- 12THANGAMANI, A.Independent · IND1840.2%
- 13NALLASAMY, K.Independent · IND1680.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- TMCMflipped
- TMCM–INC swing
- +89.6%
- TMCM share
- 0.0% → 53.3%
- INC share
- 67.1% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- — → —