Constituency
127. Udhagamandalam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-UDHAGAMANDALAM
DMK 70.2%won by 47.6%INC 22.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 47.6%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 31.3% to 70.2% of the vote here (+38.9%).
- 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
99,128
Margin
47,180
47.60%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1T. GUNDANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK69,63670.2%
- 2H.M. RAJUIndian National Congress · INC22,45622.7%
- 3N. CHICKIAHJanata Dal · JD4,2454.3%
- 4V. GOPALAKRISHNANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1172.1%
- 5M. UDHAYASHANKARIndependent · IND2490.3%
- 6A. RAMANIndependent · IND1680.2%
- 7S. KARUPPIAHATMK · ATMK1210.1%
- 8V. LOGANATHANIndependent · IND810.1%
- 9A. VELUSAMYIndependent · IND550.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +77.1%
- DMK share
- 31.3% → 70.2%
- INC share
- 60.8% → 22.7%
- Turnout
- — → —