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336. Pondicherry

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Puducherry · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-PONDICHERRY

INC 40.0%won by 0.1%DMK 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.3% to 0.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.9% between them, down from 88.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.6% to 72.7%.

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

Electorate
6,33,635
Turnout
72.7%
Valid votes
4,60,322
Margin
284
0.06%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCDMK swing
−17.2%
INC share
53.1% 40.0%
DMK share
35.8% 39.9%
Turnout
66.0% 72.7%