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226. Srivaikuntam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-SRIVAIKUNTAM

DMK 42.6%won by 15.2%INC 27.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 15.2%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 28.9% to 42.6% of the vote here (+13.7%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.9% between them, down from 91.4% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
86,719
Margin
13,209
15.23%

Candidates

12 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1S. DAVID SELWYNDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,91742.6%
  2. 2S. DANIELRAJIndian National Congress · INC23,70827.3%
  3. 3SAMPATH @ THIRUGNANA SAMBANTHAM, P.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,53913.3%
  4. 4S. CHELLAPPAJanahitha Paksha · JP7,7438.9%
  5. 5S.P. VELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3053.8%
  6. 6V. MANOHARAJAIICT · AIICT1,3901.6%
  7. 7S. CHANDRASEKARIndependent · IND1,1571.3%
  8. 8T. VISWANATHANIndependent · IND4940.6%
  9. 9K. LAKSHMANANIndependent · IND1330.2%
  10. 10A. ARIPUTHIRANIndependent · IND1330.2%
  11. 11S. SUDALAIMUNDANIndependent · IND1190.1%
  12. 12M. PAULRAJIndependent · IND810.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–INC swing
+48.9%
DMK share
28.9% → 42.6%
INC share
62.5% → 27.3%
Turnout
— → —
225. Tiruchendur227. Tuticorin
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