Election
Constituency

131. Periyakulam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-PERIYAKULAM

DMK 46.7%won by 19.2%AIADMK 27.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 19.2%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 27.4% to 46.7% of the vote here (+19.4%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,14,283
Margin
21,907
19.17%

Candidates

28 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1MOOKAIAH, L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK53,42746.7%
  2. 2KADER MOHIDEEN, K.M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK31,52027.6%
  3. 3RAJANGAM, O.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK11,0769.7%
  4. 4MUTHUMANICKAM, P.Independent · IND9,9888.7%
  5. 5SHARUZ AMEED, A.AIICT · AIICT3,6453.2%
  6. 6SETHUMANICKAM, V.A.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,3792.1%
  7. 7SHANMUGAM, R.P.Independent · IND4410.4%
  8. 8CHITHAMBARAM, K.Independent · IND2670.2%
  9. 9MURUGAN, S.K.Independent · IND2580.2%
  10. 10MUTHUKRISHNAN, R.Independent · IND2210.2%
  11. 11SUBRAMANI, K.R.Independent · IND1560.1%
  12. 12KRISHNAN, M.U.Janahitha Paksha · JP1450.1%
  13. 13RAJAGOPAL, A.Independent · IND930.1%
  14. 14JAMAL MOHAMED, M.Independent · IND700.1%
  15. 15DEIVENDRAN, C.Independent · IND640.1%
  16. 16DURAI, K.P.Independent · IND630.1%
  17. 17AZAATH, M.M.Independent · IND620.1%
  18. 18THANGIAH, P.Independent · IND540.0%
  19. 19SHEIK OLI, S.Independent · IND520.0%
  20. 20SYED ISMAIL, S.Independent · IND460.0%
  21. 21BUNTY THOMAS, M.Independent · IND450.0%
  22. 22ABDUL MUTHALIF, U.Independent · IND430.0%
  23. 23ELAMURUGAN, K.Independent · IND310.0%
  24. 24KALIMUTHU, D.Independent · IND310.0%
  25. 25GOVINDAN, R.T.Independent · IND280.0%
  26. 26BARKUDEEN, M.Independent · IND280.0%
  27. 27ABTHAAHIR, M.Independent · IND250.0%
  28. 28AGIS, A.Independent · IND250.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+59.2%
DMK share
27.4% → 46.7%
AIADMK share
67.4% → 27.6%
Turnout
— → —
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