Constituency
336. Pondicherry
Community mirrorPuducherry · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-PONDICHERRY
INC 40.0%won by 0.1%DMK 39.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
21 contested · winner INC- 1M.O.H. FAROOKIndian National Congress · INC1,83,98640.0%
- 2S. ARUMUGHAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,83,70239.9%
- 3S. THIYAGARAJANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP20,3514.4%
- 4BAVANY MADURA CAVYPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK19,7924.3%
- 5R. BALASUBRAMANIANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK13,3972.9%
- 6K. MANIVANNANIndependent · IND8,8011.9%
- 7M.P. MATHIMAHARAJAIndependent · IND7,4251.6%
- 8S.K.C. GUEDJENDIRANEBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4,0050.9%
- 9D. DEENADAYALANICS · ICS3,8190.8%
- 10G. THIRUVENGADAMIndependent · IND1,9220.4%
- 11C.R. TIROUGNANA SAMBANDAMIndependent · IND1,8660.4%
- 12L. VENGATARAMANJanahitha Paksha · JP1,8230.4%
- 13ESWARA RAO GEDDAMIndependent · IND1,7950.4%
- 14S. DAYALANEIndependent · IND1,5130.3%
- 15T.SIVASUBRAMANIAN @ RAVIIndependent · IND1,3940.3%
- 16T. SARAVANANIndependent · IND1,3920.3%
- 17G. ELUMALAIIndependent · IND8060.2%
- 18V. NADARAJANIndependent · IND7940.2%
- 19S. KAMARAJIndependent · IND7910.2%
- 20K. PADMARAJANIndependent · IND4970.1%
- 21P. VIJAYAKUMARIndependent · IND4510.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −17.2%
- INC share
- 53.1% → 40.0%
- DMK share
- 35.8% → 39.9%
- Turnout
- 66.0% → 72.7%