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146. Melur

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-MELUR

TMCM 62.2%won by 37.6%INC 24.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 37.6%.

  • TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 62.2% of the vote here (+62.2%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.8% between them, down from 97.2% — 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
1,18,949
Margin
44,741
37.61%

Candidates

13 contested · winner TMCM
  1. 1K.V.V. RAJAMANICKAMTMCM · TMCM73,99962.2%
  2. 2C.R. SUNDARARAJANIndian National Congress · INC29,25824.6%
  3. 3VEERA ILAVARASANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK10,3638.7%
  4. 4K. PUYAL PONNIAHJanahitha Paksha · JP3,8643.2%
  5. 5K. LIYAGATH ALIIndependent · IND3540.3%
  6. 6P. TAMILARASANIndependent · IND2380.2%
  7. 7N.P.V. VELLANDYShiv Sena · SHS2320.2%
  8. 8M. KANNANIndependent · IND1600.1%
  9. 9R. MANIIndependent · IND1400.1%
  10. 10S. ARUNACHALAMIndependent · IND1300.1%
  11. 11R. SUBRAMANIANIndependent · IND970.1%
  12. 12S. VELLAIIndependent · IND620.1%
  13. 13S. AGALYADEVIIndependent · IND520.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
TMCMflipped
TMCM–INC swing
+109.9%
TMCM share
0.0% → 62.2%
INC share
72.3% → 24.6%
Turnout
— → —
145. Samayanallur147. Natham
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