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158. Musiri

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-MUSIRI

DMK 51.0%won by 21.1%AIADMK 30.0%

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 21.1%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 35.1% to 51.0% of the vote here (+15.9%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 97.9% — 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
1,31,898
Margin
27,768
21.05%

Candidates

28 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1JOTHI KANNAN, M.N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK67,31951.0%
  2. 2MALLIKA CHINNASAMY, C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK39,55130.0%
  3. 3SELVARAJ, N.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK20,84815.8%
  4. 4BASKAR, M.Independent · IND5850.4%
  5. 5SHANGARAN, P.Independent · IND3420.3%
  6. 6SANKAR, P.Independent · IND2680.2%
  7. 7MOHAN, K.S.Independent · IND2610.2%
  8. 8SUBRAMANIAN, M.Independent · IND2270.2%
  9. 9KALVINAYAGAM, P.Independent · IND2230.2%
  10. 10SHANGARALINGAM, N.Independent · IND2010.2%
  11. 11ARUNACHALAM, K.Independent · IND1980.2%
  12. 12ANBUMANI, R.Independent · IND1870.1%
  13. 13SAROJA VEERAPPAN, V.Independent · IND1720.1%
  14. 14AHAMED BATCHA, A.Independent · IND1640.1%
  15. 15ARIDOSS, M.Independent · IND1600.1%
  16. 16MARIMUTHU, P.R.Independent · IND1560.1%
  17. 17JAGADEESAN, P.Independent · IND1400.1%
  18. 18BASKARAN, J.Independent · IND1340.1%
  19. 19SENTHIL KUMAR, M.Independent · IND1230.1%
  20. 20SAMBATH, P.Independent · IND1210.1%
  21. 21MANICKAM PILLAI, M.Independent · IND910.1%
  22. 22RAMASAMY, K.Independent · IND790.1%
  23. 23VELUSAMY, M.Independent · IND700.1%
  24. 24GOVINDAN PILLAI, M.Independent · IND670.1%
  25. 25THANGARAJ, S.Independent · IND630.0%
  26. 26PALANIVEL, P.Independent · IND560.0%
  27. 27RAJAGOPAL, D.Independent · IND460.0%
  28. 28NAVNEETHAKRISHNAN, R.Independent · IND460.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+48.8%
DMK share
35.1% → 51.0%
AIADMK share
62.8% → 30.0%
Turnout
— → —
157. Uppiliapuram159. Lalgudi
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