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143. Madurai Central

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-MADURAI-CENTRAL

TMCM 46.7%won by 22.0%JP 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 22.0%.

  • TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 46.7% of the vote here (+46.7%).
  • New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 24.7% — it polled just 0.6% in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.3% between them, down from 97.4% — 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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Valid votes
81,403
Margin
17,941
22.04%

Candidates

27 contested · winner TMCM
  1. 1DEIVANAYAGAM, A.TMCM · TMCM38,01046.7%
  2. 2CHANDRALEKA, V.S.Janahitha Paksha · JP20,06924.7%
  3. 3THANGARAJ, T.Indian National Congress · INC11,84114.5%
  4. 4NANMARAN, N.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,1918.8%
  5. 5UDAYAMOORTHY, M.S.Independent · IND1,2891.6%
  6. 6RAJAMANICKAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,1001.4%
  7. 7BALARAVINDRAN, P.KMK · KMK1,0011.2%
  8. 8THALAPATHI, S.P. BALUIndependent · IND1920.2%
  9. 9SUBRAMANIAN, T.R.Independent · IND920.1%
  10. 10AARONIC, K.Independent · IND790.1%
  11. 11JACKARIYA, A.Independent · IND630.1%
  12. 12PANDURENGANIndependent · IND620.1%
  13. 13THOMAS, J.Independent · IND530.1%
  14. 14MARUTHAMUTHU, C.Independent · IND460.1%
  15. 15GOKULDASS, T.R.Independent · IND430.1%
  16. 16NALATHAMBI, M.MGRK · MGRK380.0%
  17. 17BALU, T.Independent · IND370.0%
  18. 18RAJENDRAN, R.Independent · IND350.0%
  19. 19BALASUBRAMANIAN, S.Independent · IND260.0%
  20. 20MURUGESAN, S.Independent · IND250.0%
  21. 21SARAVANAN BARATHI YADAV, S.Independent · IND230.0%
  22. 22MUTHU AACHARY, K.Independent · IND220.0%
  23. 23STALIN, A.Independent · IND190.0%
  24. 24KARTHIKEYAN, R.Independent · IND140.0%
  25. 25VIJAYA RAGAVAN (THAMPU) R.Independent · IND120.0%
  26. 26PANDIYANIndependent · IND120.0%
  27. 27PATHYKASALAM, D.S.Independent · IND90.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
TMCMflipped
TMCM–JP swing
+22.7%
TMCM share
0.0% → 46.7%
JP share
0.6% → 24.7%
Turnout
— → —
142. Madurai West144. Madurai East
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