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156. Thottiyam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-THOTTIYAM

DMK 65.2%won by 35.7%AIADMK 29.5%

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 35.7%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 24.8% to 65.2% of the vote here (+40.4%).
  • Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
1,14,846
Margin
40,982
35.68%

Candidates

11 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1K. KANNAIYANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK74,90365.2%
  2. 2N. NEDUMARANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,92129.5%
  3. 3E.P. RATHINAMMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK4,3673.8%
  4. 4C. GUHANATHANIndependent · IND4750.4%
  5. 5P. SRINIVASANJanahitha Paksha · JP3520.3%
  6. 6S. MANOHARANIndependent · IND3400.3%
  7. 7T. SIVALINGAMIndependent · IND1350.1%
  8. 8T. HARIBASKARIndependent · IND1170.1%
  9. 9K. VIGNEESWARANIndependent · IND1150.1%
  10. 10M.P. THANGARASUIndependent · IND890.1%
  11. 11T. SUBRAMANIANIndependent · IND320.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+84.4%
DMK share
24.8% → 65.2%
AIADMK share
73.5% → 29.5%
Turnout
— → —
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