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383. Tiruppattur

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-TIRUPPATTUR

DMK 61.5%won by 34.3%INC 27.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 34.3%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 30.6% to 61.5% of the vote here (+31.0%).
  • Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,61,817
Turnout
65.9%
Valid votes
6,99,892
Margin
2,40,264
34.33%

Candidates

12 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1VENUGOPAL.DDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK4,30,76661.5%
  2. 2ANBARASU.RIndian National Congress · INC1,90,50227.2%
  3. 3NATARAJAN.S.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK35,9765.1%
  4. 4VANAGAMUDI.GMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK23,6673.4%
  5. 5VIJAYAN.SBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,5551.5%
  6. 6KAMALA ANBARASU A.Independent · IND2,1700.3%
  7. 7VAIKUNTHA RAO.B.KSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,2870.2%
  8. 8SURIYAMOORTHY.R.NIndependent · IND1,1920.2%
  9. 9JAWAHAR.KIndependent · IND1,0770.2%
  10. 10SREEDHARAN.M.SIndependent · IND1,0500.2%
  11. 11RAVICHANDRAN.MIndependent · IND9670.1%
  12. 12ARIKRISHNAN.KIndependent · IND6830.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–INC swing
+63.9%
DMK share
30.6% → 61.5%
INC share
60.1% → 27.2%
Turnout
65.4% → 65.9%
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