Constituency
136. Sedapatti
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-SEDAPATTI
DMK 49.7%won by 10.4%AIADMK 39.3%
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 10.4%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 31.5% to 49.7% of the vote here (+18.2%).
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
98,401
Margin
10,201
10.37%
Candidates
15 contested · winner DMK- 1G. THALAPATHIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK48,89949.7%
- 2R. MUTHIAHAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK38,69839.3%
- 3PON MUTHURAMALINGAMMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK9,7859.9%
- 4T.K. KARUTHAPANDIANIndependent · IND2930.3%
- 5T. MAHARAJANIndependent · IND1330.1%
- 6S.K. MUTHIAH NAICKERIndependent · IND1270.1%
- 7S. SANKARAPANDIANIndependent · IND1160.1%
- 8S. ALAGARSAMIndependent · IND630.1%
- 9V. ANNAMALAIIndependent · IND600.1%
- 10S. SHANMUGARAJIndependent · IND580.1%
- 11R.P.K. APPANIndependent · IND520.1%
- 12A. ASANARIndependent · IND380.0%
- 13M. BALAKRISHNANIndependent · IND290.0%
- 14R.G. RAJASINGHIndependent · IND250.0%
- 15M. HARIKRISHNANIndependent · IND250.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +37.7%
- DMK share
- 31.5% → 49.7%
- AIADMK share
- 58.8% → 39.3%
- Turnout
- — → —