Constituency
115. Palladam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-PALLADAM
DMK 55.6%won by 24.5%AIADMK 31.1%
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 24.5%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 32.4% to 55.6% of the vote here (+23.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.8% between them, down from 93.4% — 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
1,32,825
Margin
32,540
24.50%
Candidates
25 contested · winner DMK- 1PONMUDI, S.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK73,90155.6%
- 2DURAIMURUGAN, K.S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK41,36131.1%
- 3PALANISAMY, A.KU.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK11,7078.8%
- 4RANGASAMY NAIDU, G.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,7962.1%
- 5SUBBIYAN, R.S.Independent · IND2970.2%
- 6KARUPPUSAMY, M.Independent · IND2550.2%
- 7MARAPPAN, P.Independent · IND2540.2%
- 8SIVASAMY, K.Independent · IND2470.2%
- 9VELLIYANGIRI, P.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2230.2%
- 10SHANMUGAM, R.Independent · IND2200.2%
- 11MANOHARAN, V.ATMK · ATMK2170.2%
- 12THAMBIRAJ, A.Independent · IND1870.1%
- 13AJISE, M.Independent · IND1150.1%
- 14KANDHASAMY, M.Independent · IND1120.1%
- 15AMIRUN, B.Independent · IND1120.1%
- 16KUMARASAMY, C.Independent · IND1110.1%
- 17CHANDRAKUMAR, C.Independent · IND1050.1%
- 18CHINNAPPA GOUNDER, S.Independent · IND1050.1%
- 19PALANISAMY, N.Independent · IND1030.1%
- 20AYYASAMY, R.Independent · IND940.1%
- 21MURUGANTHAN, A.Independent · IND910.1%
- 22MUTHUSAMY, R.K.Independent · IND850.1%
- 23JAYAPRAKASH, P.S.Independent · IND570.0%
- 24NARAYANAN, N.Independent · IND440.0%
- 25PARAMASIVAM, K.Independent · IND260.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +53.1%
- DMK share
- 32.4% → 55.6%
- AIADMK share
- 61.0% → 31.1%
- Turnout
- — → —