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233. Vilavancode

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

TN-VILAVANCODE

CPM 43.3%won by 21.5%DMK 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 21.5%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 37.8% to 43.3% of the vote here (+5.5%).
  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 21.8% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.2% between them, down from 86.7% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
98,891
Margin
21,282
21.52%

Candidates

17 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1D. MONYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM42,86743.3%
  2. 2V. THANKARAJDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK21,58521.8%
  3. 3N. SREENIVASANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,14116.3%
  4. 4M. SUNDARADASIndian National Congress · INC13,05713.2%
  5. 5K.S. JANAKARAJAIICT · AIICT1,7131.7%
  6. 6P. BABUIndependent · IND1,1561.2%
  7. 7C. CHANDRANIndependent · IND6810.7%
  8. 8P. PARAMESWARANIndependent · IND3750.4%
  9. 9C. CHELLANIndependent · IND2850.3%
  10. 10J. PUSHPARAJIndependent · IND2290.2%
  11. 11C. JOHNSONIndependent · IND2240.2%
  12. 12H. DAVIDIndependent · IND1750.2%
  13. 13M. PETERIndependent · IND1160.1%
  14. 14C.P. RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND980.1%
  15. 15P. RASILAYYANIndependent · IND890.1%
  16. 16E. PONNUSWAMYIndependent · IND630.1%
  17. 17S. JOSEPH EMMANUVELIndependent · IND370.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–DMK swing
−16.3%
CPM share
37.8% → 43.3%
DMK share
0.0% → 21.8%
Turnout
— → —
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