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387. Chidambaram

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-CHIDAMBARAM

DMK 48.7%won by 25.5%PMK 23.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 25.5%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 27.0% to 48.7% of the vote here (+21.7%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK).

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

Electorate
10,26,604
Turnout
67.3%
Valid votes
6,90,447
Margin
1,76,266
25.53%

Candidates

11 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1GANESAN VDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,36,16448.7%
  2. 2ELUMALAI.RPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,59,89823.2%
  3. 3VALLAL PERUMAN PIndian National Congress · INC1,44,47820.9%
  4. 4MAHALINGAM.P.SCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,6464.1%
  5. 5KIRUBANIDHI S.PBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,9541.2%
  6. 6SELVAMANI K. TMTIndependent · IND5,7950.8%
  7. 7PALANI.SIndependent · IND2,7140.4%
  8. 8ASHOKAN.AIndependent · IND1,5440.2%
  9. 9PERUMAL.AIndependent · IND1,3380.2%
  10. 10CHIDAMBARAM.SIndependent · IND1,1040.2%
  11. 11ASOKAN, SIndependent · IND8120.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–PMK swing
+21.7%
DMK share
27.0% → 48.7%
PMK share
23.1% → 23.2%
Turnout
67.2% → 67.3%
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