Constituency
142. Madurai West
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-MADURAI-WEST
DMK 62.4%won by 44.8%INC 17.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
98,890
Margin
44,258
44.75%
Candidates
25 contested · winner DMK- 1P.T.R. PALANIVEL RAJANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK61,72362.4%
- 2R. MUTHUSAMYIndian National Congress · INC17,46517.7%
- 3K. JOHN MOSESJanata Dal · JD13,96514.1%
- 4A.G. KARUNAKARANJanahitha Paksha · JP4,2064.3%
- 5ERA. VEERASAMYShiv Sena · SHS1790.2%
- 6S.V. MUTHUPANDIANIndependent · IND1330.1%
- 7S. SHANMUGAVELUIndependent · IND1170.1%
- 8M. MARIAMMALIndependent · IND1140.1%
- 9S. JAYARAMANIndependent · IND1110.1%
- 10C. KARTHIGAIMALAIIndependent · IND860.1%
- 11B. JEYARAMIndependent · IND780.1%
- 12R. VENKATESANIndependent · IND770.1%
- 13R. DHANAMANIIndependent · IND760.1%
- 14V. NARAYANANIndependent · IND750.1%
- 15J. PURUSOTHAMANIndependent · IND600.1%
- 16A. SWAMINATHANIndependent · IND580.1%
- 17K. THAZAMUTHU RAJAIndependent · IND520.1%
- 18M. RAMADOSSIndependent · IND510.1%
- 19R. THAMILMARANIndependent · IND490.0%
- 20S.V. MURUGESANIndependent · IND450.0%
- 21H. GEETHAIndependent · IND440.0%
- 22M. SELVAMIndependent · IND420.0%
- 23M. MARUTHAMUTHUIndependent · IND340.0%
- 24E. BALASUBRAMANIANIndependent · IND250.0%
- 25G. BALAMURUGANIndependent · IND250.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +73.4%
- DMK share
- 34.7% → 62.4%
- INC share
- 63.3% → 17.7%
- Turnout
- — → —