Constituency
385. Tindivanam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-TINDIVANAM
DMK 53.3%won by 27.6%INC 25.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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%
Candidates
16 contested · winner DMK- 1VENKATRAMAN GDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,67,30853.3%
- 2RAMAMURTHEE KIndian National Congress · INC1,77,03225.7%
- 3ZAINUDDIN A.KPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK79,53511.5%
- 4DURAI DMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK37,0255.4%
- 5BASKARAN S\Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,0470.9%
- 6MOORTHY GIndependent · IND4,4120.6%
- 7V.YESU @ YESUDHASANIndependent · IND3,6170.5%
- 8ELUMALAI YADAV.SIndependent · IND3,4010.5%
- 9KALIYAMOORTHY KIndependent · IND2,3760.3%
- 10NAGAMANI M.GIndependent · IND1,8310.3%
- 11PULAVAR JAYARAMAN N.Independent · IND1,4030.2%
- 12INIYADAYALAN GIndependent · IND1,3220.2%
- 13MOHAMMED ALI JINNA M.Independent · IND1,1450.2%
- 14SELVARAJ CIndependent · IND1,0440.2%
- 15VENUGOPAL MIndependent · IND1,0320.1%
- 16BALAGURU DIndependent · IND6980.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +55.2%
- DMK share
- 27.8% → 53.3%
- INC share
- 55.4% → 25.7%
- Turnout
- 64.7% → 66.7%