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227. Tuticorin

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-TUTICORIN

DMK 38.2%won by 14.4%IND 23.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 14.4%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 31.7% to 38.2% of the vote here (+6.5%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.7% — it polled just 0.2% in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.9% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
1,48,087
Margin
21,371
14.43%

Candidates

39 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1N. PERIASAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK56,51138.2%
  2. 2J.L.P. BONO VENTURE ROCHEIndependent · IND35,14023.7%
  3. 3R. HENRYAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK33,57822.7%
  4. 4C. PASUPATHY PANDIANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK12,4598.4%
  5. 5T.S.M. SAMPATH KUMARMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK5,6233.8%
  6. 6S. SHANMUGASUNDARAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,1612.1%
  7. 7S. KURUSAMYIndependent · IND2440.2%
  8. 8A.K. BABU ARUMUGAM @ BABUIndependent · IND1380.1%
  9. 9E. RAJAIndependent · IND1180.1%
  10. 10E. SELVARAJIndependent · IND870.1%
  11. 11A. ANNRAJIndependent · IND770.1%
  12. 12P. KIRUBAGARANIndependent · IND750.1%
  13. 13I. VENKATACHALAPATHYIndependent · IND640.0%
  14. 14CHANNAKIAYAIndependent · IND630.0%
  15. 15S. MADASAMYPANDIANIndependent · IND540.0%
  16. 16N. SOUNDARARAJANIndependent · IND510.0%
  17. 17D. EDWIN JOHNSONIndependent · IND460.0%
  18. 18G.T. CHRISTOPHERIndependent · IND440.0%
  19. 19P. AYYATHURAIIndependent · IND410.0%
  20. 20P. VEL NADARIndependent · IND390.0%
  21. 21S. SUPPIAHIndependent · IND380.0%
  22. 22KUMARIndependent · IND360.0%
  23. 23T. ROHESHIndependent · IND350.0%
  24. 24N.S.S. RAMAKRISHNANIndependent · IND350.0%
  25. 25G. VELUSAMYIndependent · IND350.0%
  26. 26S. VITALISIndependent · IND310.0%
  27. 27T. MANICKAVASAGAMIndependent · IND300.0%
  28. 28S. RAMASUBRAMANIANIndependent · IND280.0%
  29. 29G. JEYASINGHIndependent · IND270.0%
  30. 30A. DAVID SURESH KUMARIndependent · IND270.0%
  31. 31S.K. NETHAJIIndependent · IND240.0%
  32. 32J. THOMAIIndependent · IND220.0%
  33. 33R. MUTHANANTHAMIndependent · IND200.0%
  34. 34S. PARAMASIVANIndependent · IND160.0%
  35. 35N. CHANDRAPRAKASHIndependent · IND160.0%
  36. 36C. THAMODARANIndependent · IND150.0%
  37. 37P. KOSALRAMIndependent · IND140.0%
  38. 38JEYAPANDIIndependent · IND130.0%
  39. 39R. PRABAGARANIndependent · IND120.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–IND swing
−17.1%
DMK share
31.7% → 38.2%
IND share
0.2% → 23.7%
Turnout
— → —
226. Srivaikuntam228. Kanniyakumari
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