Constituency
191. Pudukkottai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-PUDUKKOTTAI
DMK 56.7%won by 30.6%INC 26.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 30.6%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 31.4% to 56.7% of the vote here (+25.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.7% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
1,39,794
Margin
42,783
30.60%
Candidates
22 contested · winner DMK- 1PERIANNAN A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK79,20556.7%
- 2SWAMINATHAN S.C.Indian National Congress · INC36,42226.1%
- 3MANI V.N.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK14,16510.1%
- 4SHARIFF K.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2,2441.6%
- 5SUBBIAH K.R.Independent · IND2,2341.6%
- 6RAVI P.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,3481.0%
- 7BALAKRISHNAN P.Independent · IND9780.7%
- 8RAJA M.Independent · IND4800.3%
- 9SREENIVASAN S.Independent · IND4490.3%
- 10RAJENDRAN A.Independent · IND3130.2%
- 11SAMINATHAN S.Independent · IND2550.2%
- 12GOPALAKRISHNAN N.Independent · IND2470.2%
- 13GANDHI R.Independent · IND2000.1%
- 14THILAGAVATHI S.Independent · IND1680.1%
- 15KANDAN M.Independent · IND1640.1%
- 16MARUTHAMUTHU R.Independent · IND1510.1%
- 17SHANMUGANATHAN V.Independent · IND1490.1%
- 18RAMESH S.Independent · IND1430.1%
- 19PARAMASIVAM R.Independent · IND1370.1%
- 20GANESH RAM A.Independent · IND1290.1%
- 21IBRAHIM U.Independent · IND1230.1%
- 22PERIYASAMY A.Independent · IND900.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +65.7%
- DMK share
- 31.4% → 56.7%
- INC share
- 66.4% → 26.1%
- Turnout
- — → —