Constituency
221. Ambasamudram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-AMBASAMUDRAM
DMK 48.9%won by 20.9%AIADMK 28.0%
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 20.9%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 48.9% of the vote here (+48.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.9% between them, down from 97.4% — 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
94,324
Margin
19,689
20.87%
Candidates
22 contested · winner DMK- 1R. AVUDAIAPPANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK46,11648.9%
- 2R. MURUGAIAH PANDIANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK26,42728.0%
- 3K. MEENA ZACHARIASMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK12,96913.7%
- 4M. MARIYAPPANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,8632.0%
- 5M. ARUMUGAPERUMALJanahitha Paksha · JP1,8021.9%
- 6R. ACHUTHA NADARIndependent · IND1,3861.5%
- 7S. PANNAI KRISHNA KANTHAN (LION)Independent · IND1,2841.4%
- 8C. GUNASEKARANAIICT · AIICT1,1991.3%
- 9R. MUTHURAJIndependent · IND1340.1%
- 10M. ABUBACKERIndependent · IND1300.1%
- 11S. GOPAL @ GOPIIndependent · IND1270.1%
- 12V. KANNANIndependent · IND1220.1%
- 13S.S. RAMANIndependent · IND1080.1%
- 14E. VEMBUPANDIANIndependent · IND1020.1%
- 15N. SAROJAIndependent · IND920.1%
- 16A. RAMASAMYIndependent · IND920.1%
- 17S. ABDUL RAHMANIndependent · IND900.1%
- 18A. GNANAKANIIndependent · IND770.1%
- 19R. CHARLESIndependent · IND640.1%
- 20A. ARUNACHALAMIndependent · IND600.1%
- 21K. MADASAMY NADARIndependent · IND580.1%
- 22C. VINCENTIndependent · IND220.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +86.2%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 48.9%
- AIADMK share
- 65.3% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —