Constituency
163. Andimadam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-ANDIMADAM
PMK 47.5%won by 12.8%DMK 34.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), which now leads by 12.8%.
- PMK vote sharePMK went from 34.3% to 47.5% of the vote here (+13.2%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.2% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,04,995
Margin
13,402
12.76%
Candidates
10 contested · winner PMK- 1RAJENDIRAN @ DEERANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK49,85347.5%
- 2SIVASUBRAMANIYANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,45134.7%
- 3ARTHUR HELLARIndian National Congress · INC13,77913.1%
- 4RAMALINGAMMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,5263.4%
- 5ARUMUGHAMIndependent · IND5670.5%
- 6KARUNANIDHIIndependent · IND2570.2%
- 7MARIMUTHUIndependent · IND1790.2%
- 8GOPALIndependent · IND1400.1%
- 9ANNADURAIIndependent · IND1250.1%
- 10RAJENDIRANIndependent · IND1180.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PMKflipped
- PMK–DMK swing
- +1.2%
- PMK share
- 34.3% → 47.5%
- DMK share
- 22.7% → 34.7%
- Turnout
- — → —