Constituency
117. Kangayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-KANGAYAM
DMK 56.7%won by 23.1%AIADMK 33.6%
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 23.1%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 32.9% to 56.7% of the vote here (+23.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.2% between them, down from 96.3% — 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
1,12,575
Margin
26,009
23.10%
Candidates
22 contested · winner DMK- 1RAJKUMAR MANRAADIAR, N.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK63,80156.7%
- 2RAMASAMY, N.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK37,79233.6%
- 3PERIYASAMY, K.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK7,4976.7%
- 4VENKATACHALAM, M.S.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP8160.7%
- 5CHINNASAMY GOUNDER, A.P.Independent · IND3530.3%
- 6CHANDRASEKARAN, M.Independent · IND3370.3%
- 7RAMASAMY, N.Independent · IND2760.2%
- 8MANI @ MANIAN, M.Independent · IND2710.2%
- 9CHANDRAN, M.P.Independent · IND2010.2%
- 10RAJAN, K.R.Independent · IND1950.2%
- 11LOGANATHAN, C.Independent · IND1660.1%
- 12KARTHIKEYAN, P.M.Independent · IND1260.1%
- 13CHINNADURAI, P.Independent · IND1230.1%
- 14VENKATARAMANAN, S.Independent · IND930.1%
- 15PALANISAMY, C.K.Independent · IND930.1%
- 16ANGAPPAN, R.Independent · IND890.1%
- 17RAJU @ SEKAR, R.Independent · IND860.1%
- 18SABIKHAN, S.B.Independent · IND780.1%
- 19ARUMAINATHAN, A.Independent · IND650.1%
- 20PAULRAJ, R.V.Independent · IND600.1%
- 21HARIHARAN, P.Independent · IND350.0%
- 22PALANISAMY, M.Independent · IND220.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +53.7%
- DMK share
- 32.9% → 56.7%
- AIADMK share
- 63.4% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- — → —