Constituency
126. Coonoor
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-COONOOR
DMK 64.3%won by 35.7%AIADMK 28.6%
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 35.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 34.9% to 64.3% of the vote here (+29.4%).
- Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
99,459
Margin
35,515
35.71%
Candidates
12 contested · winner DMK- 1THANGAVEL, N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK63,91964.3%
- 2KARUPPUSAMY, S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK28,40428.6%
- 3ESWARAN, T.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3713.4%
- 4SELVARAJ, S.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK2,9833.0%
- 5ANBALAGAN, A.ATMK · ATMK1640.2%
- 6NAVANEETHAM, K.Independent · IND1510.2%
- 7DHINAKARAN, K.Independent · IND1510.2%
- 8MANI, K.P.Independent · IND720.1%
- 9VELUSAMY, M.Independent · IND710.1%
- 10ANNADURAI, R.Independent · IND670.1%
- 11KARUPPIAH, R.Independent · IND640.1%
- 12GUNASEKARAN, P.Independent · IND420.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +60.3%
- DMK share
- 34.9% → 64.3%
- AIADMK share
- 59.4% → 28.6%
- Turnout
- — → —