Constituency
204. Aruppukkottai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-ARUPPUKKOTTAI
DMK 43.7%won by 15.9%AIADMK 27.8%
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 15.9%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 38.3% to 43.7% of the vote here (+5.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.5% between them, down from 97.2% — 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
1,03,165
Margin
16,365
15.86%
Candidates
22 contested · winner DMK- 1THANGAPANDIAN, V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,08143.7%
- 2SUNDARAPANDIAN, K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK28,71627.8%
- 3SHANMUGASUNDARAM, R.M.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK16,98716.5%
- 4CHINNAKARUPPAN, K.Independent · IND9,5659.3%
- 5PERUMAL, V.AIICT · AIICT1,0771.0%
- 6SIVASAMY, S.Independent · IND2600.3%
- 7KANTHIRAJAN, K.S.Independent · IND2010.2%
- 8PERIASAMY PANNAI, S.Independent · IND1480.1%
- 9ATHIMOOLAM, V.Independent · IND1460.1%
- 10VEERAN, A.K.Independent · IND1320.1%
- 11SUNDARASU.TIndependent · IND1160.1%
- 12RAJAGURU.AIndependent · IND1150.1%
- 13PERIASAMY.MIndependent · IND1010.1%
- 14CHINNAIAH,AIndependent · IND990.1%
- 15ALAGARSAMY.KIndependent · IND790.1%
- 16DEIVASIGAMANI.PIndependent · IND770.1%
- 17KANAKKAN.MIndependent · IND650.1%
- 18KANNAN.AIndependent · IND570.1%
- 19THANGAVELU.SIndependent · IND540.1%
- 20SUNDARAJ.AIndependent · IND380.0%
- 21GNANAPANDI.PIndependent · IND260.0%
- 22MARUTHUPANDIAN.TIndependent · IND250.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +36.5%
- DMK share
- 38.3% → 43.7%
- AIADMK share
- 58.9% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- — → —