Constituency
210. Vilathikulam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-VILATHIKULAM
DMK 32.1%won by 0.7%MDMK 31.4%
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 0.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 37.0% to 32.1% of the vote here (−4.9%).
- New challengerMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 99.1% — 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
94,040
Margin
634
0.67%
Candidates
18 contested · winner DMK- 1RAVISANKAR, K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK30,19032.1%
- 2GOPALSAMY, VAI.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK29,55631.4%
- 3PERUMAL, N.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK25,89127.5%
- 4KRISHNA KANTHAN YADHAVPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,3743.6%
- 5SHANMUGAVEL, K.Independent · IND1,7491.9%
- 6SELVARAJAR, A.Independent · IND1,3691.5%
- 7RAJAMMAL, P.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP9181.0%
- 8KANNAN, K.Independent · IND3550.4%
- 9PONNUSAMY, P.Independent · IND1540.2%
- 10GANDHI, M.Independent · IND1040.1%
- 11MUNISAMY, A.Independent · IND720.1%
- 12MURUGAN, M.Independent · IND670.1%
- 13PERIASAMY, S.Independent · IND580.1%
- 14ALAGURAJ, S.Independent · IND540.1%
- 15RAMACHANDRAN, V.Independent · IND490.1%
- 16SEKAR, C.P.Independent · IND410.0%
- 17RAMASAMY, R.Independent · IND210.0%
- 18RAJENDRA PERUMAL, K.Independent · IND180.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–MDMK swing
- −36.3%
- DMK share
- 37.0% → 32.1%
- MDMK share
- 0.0% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- — → —