Constituency
152. Karur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-KARUR
DMK 53.9%won by 21.7%AIADMK 32.1%
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 21.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 32.8% to 53.9% of the vote here (+21.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.0% between them, down from 97.5% — 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
1,47,217
Margin
32,008
21.74%
Candidates
37 contested · winner DMK- 1VASUKI MURUGESANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK79,30253.9%
- 2CHINNASAMY, M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK47,29432.1%
- 3PALANISAMY, R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK14,86910.1%
- 4JOHN PANDIAN, S.Independent · IND1,3460.9%
- 5DHAVANATHAN, M.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP9440.6%
- 6CHANDRA MOHAN @ BABU, A.Independent · IND6040.4%
- 7RAMALINGAM, A.Independent · IND2740.2%
- 8RAJENDRAN, R.N.Independent · IND1880.1%
- 9RAJU, M.Independent · IND1800.1%
- 10MOHAMMED HASIB KHAN, A.Independent · IND1640.1%
- 11MAYYAZHAGAN, M.Independent · IND1470.1%
- 12PONNUSAMY, M.Independent · IND1340.1%
- 13RAVICHANDRAN, N.M.Independent · IND1290.1%
- 14MURUKESAN, P.Independent · IND1230.1%
- 15ARUMUGAM, V.R.Independent · IND1020.1%
- 16MURUGASAN, P.Independent · IND1010.1%
- 17VEERAMALAI, K.S.Independent · IND1000.1%
- 18KAVITHASAN, P.Independent · IND910.1%
- 19SELLAMUTHU, R.Independent · IND890.1%
- 20NAMBIAPPAN, M.Independent · IND860.1%
- 21NALLASAMY, P.Independent · IND810.1%
- 22SELVAM, N.R.Independent · IND800.1%
- 23BALASUNDARAM, S.Independent · IND790.1%
- 24VELUSAMY, K.Independent · IND730.0%
- 25ELANGO, G.Independent · IND690.0%
- 26SUBBURETHINAM, I.Independent · IND680.0%
- 27RAMAKRISHNAN, V.C.Independent · IND650.0%
- 28RENGASAMY, V.Independent · IND610.0%
- 29DHANAPAL, M.K.Independent · IND560.0%
- 30TILAGAR, V.S.Independent · IND550.0%
- 31GOPALAN. M.N.Independent · IND510.0%
- 32RAJAGOPALAN, V.M.Independent · IND480.0%
- 33RAMALINGAM, K.Independent · IND450.0%
- 34AMMAIYAPPAN, S.Independent · IND410.0%
- 35BALUSAMY, K.Independent · IND400.0%
- 36KANDASAMY, K.Independent · IND290.0%
- 37BALUSAMY, K.Independent · IND90.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +53.7%
- DMK share
- 32.8% → 53.9%
- AIADMK share
- 64.7% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —