Constituency
140. Sholavandan
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-SHOLAVANDAN
DMK 49.3%won by 17.8%AIADMK 31.5%
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 17.8%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 31.4% to 49.3% of the vote here (+17.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.8% between them, down from 98.7% — 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
1,05,796
Margin
18,808
17.78%
Candidates
17 contested · winner DMK- 1L. SANTHANAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK52,15149.3%
- 2A.M. PARAMASIVANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,34331.5%
- 3P.S. MANIANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK13,58812.8%
- 4V. SUNDARAMJanahitha Paksha · JP2,5352.4%
- 5M.M. MUTHUNAYAGAMIndependent · IND1,7991.7%
- 6C. THIRUPATHIIndependent · IND6500.6%
- 7M. PALANISELVANATMK · ATMK4640.4%
- 8S. KARUPPIAHIndependent · IND4500.4%
- 9C. MARIMUTHUIndependent · IND1960.2%
- 10K. RAMACHANDRANIndependent · IND1310.1%
- 11P. SATHIARAJANIndependent · IND970.1%
- 12R. GNANASEKARAPANDIANIndependent · IND930.1%
- 13T.K.KARUTHAPANDIANIndependent · IND680.1%
- 14A.U. DHANDAPANIIndependent · IND660.1%
- 15A. MURUGANIndependent · IND660.1%
- 16K. VEERAPATHRANIndependent · IND610.1%
- 17P. THIAGARAJANIndependent · IND380.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +53.8%
- DMK share
- 31.4% → 49.3%
- AIADMK share
- 67.3% → 31.5%
- Turnout
- — → —