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232. Thiruvattar

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-THIRUVATTAR

DMK 41.2%won by 13.6%CPM 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 13.6%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 41.2% of the vote here (+41.2%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.9% between them, down from 82.4% — 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
91,005
Margin
12,354
13.58%

Candidates

14 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1V. ALBANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK37,52341.2%
  2. 2J. HEMA CHANDRANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,16927.7%
  3. 3R. MANMADANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,19223.3%
  4. 4A. WILSONAIICT · AIICT4,7205.2%
  5. 5K. PAL NADARIndependent · IND7350.8%
  6. 6C. SELVADHASIndependent · IND3780.4%
  7. 7P. KASIIndependent · IND2260.2%
  8. 8LEELA SUNDARAM, D.Independent · IND2250.2%
  9. 9S.N. PUSHKARANIndependent · IND2210.2%
  10. 10M. CHRISTU DHASIndependent · IND1910.2%
  11. 11T. VARGSEEIndependent · IND1400.2%
  12. 12N. RASHEEDIndependent · IND1180.1%
  13. 13E. PONNUSWAMYIndependent · IND960.1%
  14. 14R. MANOHARANIndependent · IND710.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–CPM swing
+45.4%
DMK share
0.0% → 41.2%
CPM share
31.9% → 27.7%
Turnout
— → —
231. Padmanabhapuram233. Vilavancode
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