Constituency
160. Perambalur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-PERAMBALUR
DMK 55.1%won by 19.9%AIADMK 35.2%
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 19.9%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 24.0% to 55.1% of the vote here (+31.1%).
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
1,17,875
Margin
23,401
19.85%
Candidates
20 contested · winner DMK- 1DEVARAJAN, M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK64,91855.1%
- 2MURUGESAN, S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK41,51735.2%
- 3VIBUSHNAN, M.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK6,7625.7%
- 4THANGAVEL, S.P.Independent · IND6110.5%
- 5SAMBASIVAM, K.Janahitha Paksha · JP5650.5%
- 6SUBRAMANIAN, N.Independent · IND5330.5%
- 7DURAISAMY, C.Independent · IND3830.3%
- 8SINGARAM, S.Independent · IND3590.3%
- 9PARAMASIVAM, V.Independent · IND3460.3%
- 10KESAVAN, M.Independent · IND2760.2%
- 11SRIRANGAN, K.Independent · IND2590.2%
- 12EASWARAN, I.Independent · IND2170.2%
- 13ARIVAZHAGAN, C.Independent · IND1980.2%
- 14RAJENDRAN, M.Independent · IND1890.2%
- 15THANGAVEL, P.Independent · IND1890.2%
- 16RATHINASAMY, P.R.Independent · IND1570.1%
- 17VEERAMUTHU, M.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP1520.1%
- 18PERIYASAMY, K.Independent · IND1000.1%
- 19POOMALAI, S.Independent · IND810.1%
- 20JAGADEESWARARAJ, K.Independent · IND630.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +66.5%
- DMK share
- 24.0% → 55.1%
- AIADMK share
- 70.7% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- — → —