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385. Tindivanam

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-TINDIVANAM

DMK 53.3%won by 27.6%INC 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 27.6%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 27.8% to 53.3% of the vote here (+25.5%).
  • Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,34,126
Turnout
66.7%
Valid votes
6,89,228
Margin
1,90,276
27.61%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKINC swing
+55.2%
DMK share
27.8% 53.3%
INC share
55.4% 25.7%
Turnout
64.7% 66.7%