Constituency
145. Samayanallur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-SAMAYANALLUR
DMK 60.0%won by 32.8%AIADMK 27.2%
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 32.8%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 28.3% to 60.0% of the vote here (+31.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.2% between them, down from 98.3% — 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
1,69,638
Margin
55,648
32.80%
Candidates
18 contested · winner DMK- 1SELVARAJ, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,01,80760.0%
- 2RAJA SELVARAJ, R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK46,15927.2%
- 3PANDIAMMAL, P.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK11,3636.7%
- 4PALANIVEL RAJAN SOLAIJanahitha Paksha · JP4,7902.8%
- 5PALANIVEL, S.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,3321.4%
- 6MURUGAVEL RAJAN, K.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2,1221.3%
- 7BASKAR, S.Independent · IND2480.1%
- 8PALANICHAMY, R.Independent · IND1590.1%
- 9RAJASINGH, R.G.Independent · IND1300.1%
- 10MURUGAN, K.M.Independent · IND1020.1%
- 11JEEVARAJ, V.Independent · IND740.0%
- 12MUTHU, P.Independent · IND730.0%
- 13THIRUMALAI MUTHALVAN, A.ATMK · ATMK670.0%
- 14MUNIASAMY, S.Independent · IND540.0%
- 15PERUMAL, C.Independent · IND450.0%
- 16CHINNARAMAR (A) PITCHAIMUTHU, M.Independent · IND450.0%
- 17JEYARAMAN, K.Independent · IND350.0%
- 18IDUMBAN, P.Independent · IND330.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +74.5%
- DMK share
- 28.3% → 60.0%
- AIADMK share
- 70.0% → 27.2%
- Turnout
- — → —