Constituency
218. Tirunelveli
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-TIRUNELVELI
DMK 52.5%won by 20.4%AIADMK 32.1%
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 20.4%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 32.7% to 52.5% of the vote here (+19.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.5% between them, down from 95.5% — 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
1,14,165
Margin
23,324
20.43%
Candidates
20 contested · winner DMK- 1SUBRAMANIAN, A.L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK59,91452.5%
- 2KARUPPASAMY PANDIAN, V.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK36,59032.1%
- 3ACHIYUR MANI, M.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK9,2958.1%
- 4PERUMAL, P.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,1412.8%
- 5CHIDAMBARAM, SU.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1711.9%
- 6KALAIVANAN, P.Janahitha Paksha · JP1,6611.5%
- 7SANKARAPANDIAN, T.Cpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3510.3%
- 8MOHAMED ABDUL MALIK, V.A.Independent · IND2180.2%
- 9ARMUGADASS YADAVIndependent · IND1330.1%
- 10ARUMUGASAMY, K.Independent · IND1320.1%
- 11LAKSHMANAN, K.Independent · IND1080.1%
- 12PONNUSAMY, T.M.Independent · IND970.1%
- 13ARIRAM, M.Independent · IND800.1%
- 14CHINNASAMY, N.Independent · IND730.1%
- 15ESAKKI, S.Independent · IND680.1%
- 16RAJ MOHAN, K.Independent · IND520.0%
- 17CHANDRASEKAR, M.P.Independent · IND250.0%
- 18JEEVARATHINAM, S.Independent · IND250.0%
- 19JAYARAJ, P.Independent · IND160.0%
- 20SAMRAJ EDWARD PANDIAN, R.Independent · IND150.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +50.6%
- DMK share
- 32.7% → 52.5%
- AIADMK share
- 62.8% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —