Constituency
386. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-CUDDALORE
TMCM 56.2%won by 29.6%INC 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 29.6%.
- TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 56.2% of the vote here (+56.2%).
- Safe seatTMCM 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
10,42,486
Turnout
66.5%
Valid votes
6,93,384
Margin
2,05,204
29.59%
Candidates
15 contested · winner TMCM- 1VENKATESAN P.R.STMCM · TMCM3,89,66056.2%
- 2SANTHAMURTHY VIndian National Congress · INC1,84,45626.6%
- 3SABAPATHY MOHAN R.TMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK55,1107.9%
- 4KALIA PERUMAL P.PAIICT · AIICT41,2846.0%
- 5APPARSAMY NBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,8451.1%
- 6KIRUBAPURI MIndependent · IND3,9750.6%
- 7MUTHU KIndependent · IND2,6010.4%
- 8RANGAN A.D. ALIAS RANGAN PRAKASHRPIS · RPIS2,0810.3%
- 9VIRUTHAGIRI RIndependent · IND1,4730.2%
- 10TMT. SAROJINI M.Independent · IND1,4000.2%
- 11MOORTHY T.KSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,0430.2%
- 12ABDUL WAHAB TIndependent · IND9320.1%
- 13THIAGARAJAN VIndependent · IND7630.1%
- 14SUNDARAVADIVELU SIndependent · IND4220.1%
- 15PALANIVELAN V.KIndependent · IND3390.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- TMCMflipped
- TMCM–INC swing
- +88.0%
- TMCM share
- 0.0% → 56.2%
- INC share
- 58.4% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- 64.7% → 66.5%