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148. Dindigul

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-DINDIGUL

DMK 65.5%won by 45.2%AIADMK 20.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 45.2%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 65.5% of the vote here (+65.5%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% between them, down from 93.1% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,43,986
Margin
65,124
45.23%

Candidates

36 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1MANIMARAN, R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK94,35365.5%
  2. 2MARUTHARAJ, V.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK29,22920.3%
  3. 3REJENDRAN, R.S.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,1807.1%
  4. 4VISUVASAM, S.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK4,1202.9%
  5. 5MANICKAM, S.T.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,4882.4%
  6. 6RENGAN MARUTHAI, M.Independent · IND2520.2%
  7. 7SUBRAMANI, S.R.Independent · IND2430.2%
  8. 8RAJ,M.Independent · IND1990.1%
  9. 9KULANTHAI, V.Cpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1720.1%
  10. 10DESIKACHARI, R.Independent · IND1490.1%
  11. 11PALANISAMY, K.Independent · IND1400.1%
  12. 12ANBROSE, D.AIVMK · AIVMK1270.1%
  13. 13SALEEM, A.Independent · IND980.1%
  14. 14ALPHONESRAJ, S.Independent · IND860.1%
  15. 15PANDIAN, K.Independent · IND850.1%
  16. 16RAJU, K.Independent · IND840.1%
  17. 17KRISHNAMOORTHY, S.M.Independent · IND830.1%
  18. 18CHANDRAMOHAN, S.Independent · IND750.1%
  19. 19BOOPATHI, P.Independent · IND750.1%
  20. 20PONNUSAMY, P.Independent · IND720.1%
  21. 21SHEIK DAWOOD, S.P.Independent · IND690.0%
  22. 22DHINAKARAN, N.S.Independent · IND670.0%
  23. 23MUSTAFA, P.Independent · IND590.0%
  24. 24CHINNARAJ, S.Independent · IND540.0%
  25. 25RAJA, K.Independent · IND490.0%
  26. 26SHANMUGAM @ JAMBU, A.Independent · IND490.0%
  27. 27VELMUNIRAJ, G.Independent · IND440.0%
  28. 28RAMASUBRAMANIAN, R.Independent · IND390.0%
  29. 29PALANIVEL, P.R.Independent · IND380.0%
  30. 30MURUGAN, P.Independent · IND370.0%
  31. 31NAGOOR PITCHAI, M.H.Independent · IND370.0%
  32. 32KATHOON BEEVI, M.Independent · IND360.0%
  33. 33RAJAGOPAL, R.Independent · IND330.0%
  34. 34HAREEMSAIT, K.Independent · IND300.0%
  35. 35GANESAN, K.Independent · IND260.0%
  36. 36VENKATASUBRAMANI, K.Independent · IND90.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+109.2%
DMK share
0.0% → 65.5%
AIADMK share
64.0% → 20.3%
Turnout
— → —
147. Natham149. Athoor
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