Constituency
384. Vandavasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-VANDAVASI
TMCM 50.3%won by 25.5%INC 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 25.5%.
- TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 50.3% of the vote here (+50.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 83.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,31,471
Turnout
65.9%
Valid votes
6,79,813
Margin
1,73,304
25.49%
Candidates
18 contested · winner TMCM- 1BALARAMAN.LTMCM · TMCM3,42,18450.3%
- 2KRISHNASWAMY.MIndian National Congress · INC1,68,88024.8%
- 3SENTHAMIZHSELVAN.PPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,06,38815.6%
- 4CHINNADURAI.AMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK39,4495.8%
- 5MUNUSWAMY.K.RBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,9860.7%
- 6KRISHNAMOORTHY.VIndependent · IND3,0690.5%
- 7MUNUSWAMY.GIndependent · IND2,6260.4%
- 8ELUMALAI.SIndependent · IND2,2260.3%
- 9KOOTHAN.M.AIndependent · IND1,9610.3%
- 10MURUGESAN.PIndependent · IND1,3640.2%
- 11NAMPERUMAL.R.RIndependent · IND1,3510.2%
- 12MUNUSWAMY.RIndependent · IND1,0900.2%
- 13PANDURANGANIndependent · IND1,0760.2%
- 14RASADEVAN.KAVIGNARIndependent · IND7390.1%
- 15NARAYANASAMY.PIndependent · IND6880.1%
- 16DAVID GNANAIndependent · IND6040.1%
- 17SYED JAFAR.DIndependent · IND5980.1%
- 18NATARAJAN.ASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP5340.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- TMCMflipped
- TMCM–INC swing
- +81.0%
- TMCM share
- 0.0% → 50.3%
- INC share
- 55.5% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- 65.7% → 65.9%