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Constituency

142. Madurai West

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-MADURAI-WEST

DMK 62.4%won by 44.8%INC 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 44.8%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 34.7% to 62.4% of the vote here (+27.7%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.1% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
98,890
Margin
44,258
44.75%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKINC swing
+73.4%
DMK share
34.7% 62.4%
INC share
63.3% 17.7%
Turnout