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389. Krishnagiri

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KRISHNAGIRI

TMCM 56.0%won by 29.4%INC 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 29.4%.

  • TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 56.0% of the vote here (+56.0%).
  • Safe seatTMCM won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,77,964
Turnout
61.5%
Valid votes
6,63,054
Margin
1,94,676
29.36%

Candidates

10 contested · winner TMCM
  1. 1NARASIMHAN CTMCM · TMCM3,71,00956.0%
  2. 2ELANKOVAN. E.V.K.S.Indian National Congress · INC1,76,33326.6%
  3. 3VADIVELU G AJanata Dal · JD50,9327.7%
  4. 4MANOHARAN K AAIICT · AIICT29,2774.4%
  5. 5THIMMI CHETTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP25,8643.9%
  6. 6NARAYANA RAO RIndependent · IND3,4450.5%
  7. 7RAJA MIndependent · IND1,7970.3%
  8. 8NOOR AHMED M BIndependent · IND1,7160.3%
  9. 9RAMAMURTHY CIndependent · IND1,5420.2%
  10. 10NAGARAJAN M NIndependent · IND1,1390.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
TMCMflipped
TMCM–INC swing
+90.1%
TMCM share
0.0% → 56.0%
INC share
60.7% → 26.6%
Turnout
60.9% → 61.5%
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