Constituency
230. Kollachal
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996
TN-KOLLACHAL
DMK 42.9%won by 7.7%BJP 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 7.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 42.9% of the vote here (+42.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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
96,181
Margin
7,426
7.72%
Candidates
17 contested · winner DMK- 1BERNARD, ERADravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK41,21742.9%
- 2S.P. KUTTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP33,79135.1%
- 3SAMBATH CHANDRA, R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK11,52812.0%
- 4PAULIAH, A.Indian National Congress · INC8,4018.7%
- 5CHANDRA SEKHARIndependent · IND1860.2%
- 6JAIPAL, J.T.AIICT · AIICT1680.2%
- 7SREEKUMARAN THAMPY, A.Independent · IND1370.1%
- 8CHANDRASEKARAN, N.Independent · IND1300.1%
- 9THARCHIS XAVIER, S.Independent · IND1300.1%
- 10PONNUSWAMY, E.Independent · IND830.1%
- 11MURUGAN, R.Independent · IND710.1%
- 12THOMAS, S.Independent · IND660.1%
- 13POULIN, P.Independent · IND620.1%
- 14PERIYA NADAR, S.Independent · IND600.1%
- 15KRISHNARAJ, M.Independent · IND580.1%
- 16RAJASINGH, C.Independent · IND500.1%
- 17MONIKANDAN, K.Independent · IND430.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–BJP swing
- +24.8%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 42.9%
- BJP share
- 17.1% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- — → —