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152. Karur

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-KARUR

DMK 53.9%won by 21.7%AIADMK 32.1%

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 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,47,217
Margin
32,008
21.74%

Candidates

37 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1VASUKI MURUGESANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK79,30253.9%
  2. 2CHINNASAMY, M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK47,29432.1%
  3. 3PALANISAMY, R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK14,86910.1%
  4. 4JOHN PANDIAN, S.Independent · IND1,3460.9%
  5. 5DHAVANATHAN, M.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP9440.6%
  6. 6CHANDRA MOHAN @ BABU, A.Independent · IND6040.4%
  7. 7RAMALINGAM, A.Independent · IND2740.2%
  8. 8RAJENDRAN, R.N.Independent · IND1880.1%
  9. 9RAJU, M.Independent · IND1800.1%
  10. 10MOHAMMED HASIB KHAN, A.Independent · IND1640.1%
  11. 11MAYYAZHAGAN, M.Independent · IND1470.1%
  12. 12PONNUSAMY, M.Independent · IND1340.1%
  13. 13RAVICHANDRAN, N.M.Independent · IND1290.1%
  14. 14MURUKESAN, P.Independent · IND1230.1%
  15. 15ARUMUGAM, V.R.Independent · IND1020.1%
  16. 16MURUGASAN, P.Independent · IND1010.1%
  17. 17VEERAMALAI, K.S.Independent · IND1000.1%
  18. 18KAVITHASAN, P.Independent · IND910.1%
  19. 19SELLAMUTHU, R.Independent · IND890.1%
  20. 20NAMBIAPPAN, M.Independent · IND860.1%
  21. 21NALLASAMY, P.Independent · IND810.1%
  22. 22SELVAM, N.R.Independent · IND800.1%
  23. 23BALASUNDARAM, S.Independent · IND790.1%
  24. 24VELUSAMY, K.Independent · IND730.0%
  25. 25ELANGO, G.Independent · IND690.0%
  26. 26SUBBURETHINAM, I.Independent · IND680.0%
  27. 27RAMAKRISHNAN, V.C.Independent · IND650.0%
  28. 28RENGASAMY, V.Independent · IND610.0%
  29. 29DHANAPAL, M.K.Independent · IND560.0%
  30. 30TILAGAR, V.S.Independent · IND550.0%
  31. 31GOPALAN. M.N.Independent · IND510.0%
  32. 32RAJAGOPALAN, V.M.Independent · IND480.0%
  33. 33RAMALINGAM, K.Independent · IND450.0%
  34. 34AMMAIYAPPAN, S.Independent · IND410.0%
  35. 35BALUSAMY, K.Independent · IND400.0%
  36. 36KANDASAMY, K.Independent · IND290.0%
  37. 37BALUSAMY, K.Independent · IND90.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKAIADMK swing
+53.7%
DMK share
32.8% 53.9%
AIADMK share
64.7% 32.1%
Turnout