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376. Madras North

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-MADRAS-NORTH

DMK 66.1%won by 46.1%INC 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 46.1%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 38.4% to 66.1% of the vote here (+27.7%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.1% between them, down from 93.1% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
15,53,112
Turnout
54.4%
Valid votes
8,45,640
Margin
3,89,617
46.07%

Candidates

35 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1SOMU N.V.NDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK5,59,04866.1%
  2. 2PANDIAN.DIndian National Congress · INC1,69,43120.0%
  3. 3VARADA RAJAN W.RCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM66,4797.9%
  4. 4MOHAN V. BHARATHAMATHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,1132.3%
  5. 5MAHADEVAN.GPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK16,1431.9%
  6. 6CHARLES.GIndependent · IND2,1920.3%
  7. 7UDAYAN.PIndependent · IND1,8180.2%
  8. 8RAMACHANDIRAN.MShiv Sena · SHS1,5280.2%
  9. 9JALALUDEEN.MIndependent · IND9930.1%
  10. 10ABDUL FAROOK.PIndependent · IND5870.1%
  11. 11SWAMINATHAN.K.RMMS · MMS5720.1%
  12. 12SUNDARRAJ.PIndependent · IND5420.1%
  13. 13SHEILA RAJARATHNAMPHK · PHK5010.1%
  14. 14NITHYANANDHAM.MIndependent · IND4750.1%
  15. 15LAKSHMANAN K.KIndependent · IND4580.1%
  16. 16ABDUL RAHMAN K.AIndependent · IND4500.1%
  17. 17KUMAR D.SIndependent · IND4180.0%
  18. 18KARUPPIAH.MIndependent · IND3950.0%
  19. 19GOVINTHARAJ.RIndependent · IND3710.0%
  20. 20RAMACHANDRAN MU. PAVALARIndependent · IND3700.0%
  21. 21PERUMAL.JIndependent · IND3580.0%
  22. 22GNANA SIGAMANI.VIndependent · IND3150.0%
  23. 23PALANI.KIndependent · IND3070.0%
  24. 24JAGADISANIndependent · IND3050.0%
  25. 25PALANI SUNDARESANIndependent · IND3010.0%
  26. 26ELENGOVAN S.EIndependent · IND2890.0%
  27. 27MANAK CHAND NAHARIndependent · IND2760.0%
  28. 28ASOKAN.NIndependent · IND2760.0%
  29. 29AGARWAL ALIAS SHANKERIndependent · IND2690.0%
  30. 30JAGANNATHAN.EIndependent · IND2240.0%
  31. 31KALYANASUNDARAM.W.GIndependent · IND2220.0%
  32. 32THAMILARASAN.PIndependent · IND2060.0%
  33. 33UMESH KUMAR JAIN CIndependent · IND1640.0%
  34. 34THAMPI LATIFIndependent · IND1470.0%
  35. 35MUNUSWAMY.EIndependent · IND970.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKINC swing
+62.2%
DMK share
38.4% 66.1%
INC share
54.6% 20.0%
Turnout
54.0% 54.4%