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203. Mudhukulathur

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-MUDHUKULATHUR

TMCM 44.7%won by 24.1%IND 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 24.1%.

  • TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 44.7% of the vote here (+44.7%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 20.6% — it polled just 0.8% in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.4% between them, down from 72.0% — the field split more ways.

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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not in source
Valid votes
93,599
Margin
22,528
24.07%

Candidates

14 contested · winner TMCM
  1. 1S. BALAKRISHNANTMCM · TMCM41,85044.7%
  2. 2V. BOSEIndependent · IND19,32220.6%
  3. 3R. NAGALINGAMIndian National Congress · INC13,05713.9%
  4. 4M. DURAI RAJIndependent · IND8,7779.4%
  5. 5P. VILLI THEVARMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK7,4217.9%
  6. 6M. SHANMUGAVELUIndependent · IND1,1311.2%
  7. 7T. VELUSAMYAIICT · AIICT8730.9%
  8. 8R. KARUPPANA THEVARIndependent · IND3200.3%
  9. 9R. PONNUSAMYIndependent · IND2430.3%
  10. 10M. SHANMUGAVELIndependent · IND2030.2%
  11. 11K. THANIKODI THEVARIndependent · IND2030.2%
  12. 12M. SAKTHIVELIndependent · IND800.1%
  13. 13K. MUTHU THEVARIndependent · IND640.1%
  14. 14N. LAKSHMANAN DOSSIndependent · IND550.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
TMCMflipped
TMCM–IND swing
+24.9%
TMCM share
0.0% → 44.7%
IND share
0.8% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
202. Kadaladi204. Aruppukkottai
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