Constituency
382. Vellore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-VELLORE
DMK 57.5%won by 31.0%INC 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 31.0%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 29.6% to 57.5% of the vote here (+27.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.0% between them, down from 91.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.1% to 64.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,50,168
Turnout
64.8%
Valid votes
6,80,027
Margin
2,11,035
31.03%
Candidates
23 contested · winner DMK- 1SHANMUGAM.PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,91,14157.5%
- 2AKBER PASHA.BIndian National Congress · INC1,80,10626.5%
- 3DHANDAYUTHAPANI.VAIICT · AIICT35,4555.2%
- 4ABDUL HAKIM.RJanata Dal · JD26,0803.8%
- 5KARNAKER.C.MBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,5822.9%
- 6VENKATESAN.K.KIndependent · IND5,6800.8%
- 7RAJAN.PIndependent · IND3,9080.6%
- 8KALAIMANI.KIndependent · IND2,4780.4%
- 9DAMODARAM.MIndependent · IND2,3470.3%
- 10SATHIYAMOORTHY.JIndependent · IND1,6860.2%
- 11PALANI.R.TIndependent · IND1,4590.2%
- 12PALANI KIndependent · IND1,3970.2%
- 13GURURAJA RAO.D.HIndependent · IND1,3720.2%
- 14ABDUL HALEEM.KIndependent · IND1,1530.2%
- 15FAROOQUEIndependent · IND1,0790.2%
- 16MD. RAFEEQUE.JIndependent · IND1,0250.2%
- 17ARANI ARUMUGAM.AIndependent · IND1,0160.1%
- 18BASKAR.V.SIndependent · IND6960.1%
- 19SURIYAMOORTHY.R.NIndependent · IND6150.1%
- 20DHANAPAL.N.MIndependent · IND5680.1%
- 21MANOHAR.CIndependent · IND4340.1%
- 22PANEER.V.NIndependent · IND4130.1%
- 23VARATHAN.JIndependent · IND3370.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +63.1%
- DMK share
- 29.6% → 57.5%
- INC share
- 61.7% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- 61.6% → 64.8%