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391. Salem

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SALEM

TMCM 47.1%won by 18.0%INC 29.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 18.0%.

  • TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 47.1% of the vote here (+47.1%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 87.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.2% to 62.0%.

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

Electorate
10,80,762
Turnout
62.0%
Valid votes
6,69,817
Margin
1,20,885
18.05%

Candidates

34 contested · winner TMCM
  1. 1DEVADASS.RTMCM · TMCM3,15,27747.1%
  2. 2THANGKABALU K.VIndian National Congress · INC1,94,39229.0%
  3. 3RANGARAJAN KUMARAMANGALAM.PAIICT · AIICT1,20,34518.0%
  4. 4RAJAMANI.NBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,5381.4%
  5. 5MOHANRAJ.BMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK6,2450.9%
  6. 6MURUGESAN.A.CIndependent · IND4,9270.7%
  7. 7ESWARAN.SIndependent · IND1,9440.3%
  8. 8MADESWARAN.ARPI · RPI1,2180.2%
  9. 9CHINNASAMY.VIndependent · IND1,1720.2%
  10. 10MANICKAM CIndependent · IND1,1640.2%
  11. 11RAJENDRAN.AIndependent · IND1,0630.2%
  12. 12BALAVENKATESH.MIndependent · IND1,0090.2%
  13. 13NAGAMANICKAM.BALAIndependent · IND9880.1%
  14. 14SAIT MUSTHAFA.SIndependent · IND9110.1%
  15. 15MAHABOOK SHARIFF.AIndependent · IND8970.1%
  16. 16KRISHNAMOORTHY.NIndependent · IND7840.1%
  17. 17GANESAN.KIndependent · IND7840.1%
  18. 18RAM MOHAN.VIndependent · IND7550.1%
  19. 19SELVAKUMARAN.P.MIndependent · IND6980.1%
  20. 20SAMPATH KUMAR.PIndependent · IND6440.1%
  21. 21MEGANATHAN.S.BIndependent · IND5710.1%
  22. 22PALANISAMY.KIndependent · IND5400.1%
  23. 23KANDASAMI.MIndependent · IND4660.1%
  24. 24RAMAMOORTHY.BIndependent · IND4560.1%
  25. 25KRISHNAMOORTHY.NIndependent · IND4170.1%
  26. 26SIVAGNANAM.S.TIndependent · IND4060.1%
  27. 27MAYAN.PIndependent · IND3990.1%
  28. 28ANNAMALAI.KIndependent · IND3970.1%
  29. 29PADMANAPAN.K.MIndependent · IND3960.1%
  30. 30CHAKKARAPANI.NIndependent · IND3180.0%
  31. 31ANNAMALAI.SIndependent · IND2450.0%
  32. 32VEDANAYAGAM RAMAIndependent · IND1880.0%
  33. 33VENKATACHALAM.SIndependent · IND1830.0%
  34. 34VELLIANGIRI K.S VEERAPANDIIndependent · IND800.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
TMCMflipped
TMCM–INC swing
+85.1%
TMCM share
0.0% → 47.1%
INC share
67.0% → 29.0%
Turnout
58.8% → 62.0%
390. Rasipuram392. Tiruchengode
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