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380. Chengalpattu

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-CHENGALPATTU

DMK 58.1%won by 33.3%INC 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 33.3%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 31.1% to 58.1% of the vote here (+27.0%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 24.7% — it did not contest here in 1991.

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

Electorate
10,43,889
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
7,06,830
Margin
2,35,657
33.34%

Candidates

19 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1PARASURAMAN.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK4,10,48358.1%
  2. 2KRISHNAN.S.MIndian National Congress · INC1,74,82624.7%
  3. 3ARUMUGAM.CMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK44,3846.3%
  4. 4DAMODARAN.BAIICT · AIICT43,8206.2%
  5. 5RAGAVAN K.TBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,1121.6%
  6. 6RADHAKRISHNASHA D.VIndependent · IND2,6900.4%
  7. 7CHITHARANJAN DOSS AGARAMIndependent · IND2,5440.4%
  8. 8ARUMUGAM.GMELPHC · MELPHC2,3300.3%
  9. 9KHALEEL MAHMED.NIndependent · IND2,2450.3%
  10. 10SANKARAN.VIndependent · IND1,7950.3%
  11. 11KARNAN.RIndependent · IND1,7180.2%
  12. 12SUNDARAMOORTHY AIndependent · IND1,5950.2%
  13. 13SUBRAMANIAM A.GIndependent · IND1,5650.2%
  14. 14VAIDYANATHASWAMY.RIndependent · IND1,2070.2%
  15. 15PALANI.KIndependent · IND1,1490.2%
  16. 16PARAMANANDAM N.SIndependent · IND1,1200.2%
  17. 17SURESH JIndependent · IND8600.1%
  18. 18MOHAN R.Independent · IND7410.1%
  19. 19DHARMALINGA MUDALIAR.CIndependent · IND6460.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
ADK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–INC swing
+2.3%
DMK share
31.1% → 58.1%
INC share
0.0% → 24.7%
Turnout
67.0% → 67.7%
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