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394. Gobichettipalayam

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-GOBICHETTIPALAYAM

DMK 53.2%won by 21.5%AIADMK 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 21.5%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 53.2% of the vote here (+53.2%).
  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.9% between them, down from 92.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.3% to 68.5%.

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

Electorate
9,71,883
Turnout
68.5%
Valid votes
6,65,361
Margin
1,42,968
21.49%

Candidates

17 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1SHANMUGASUNDARAM V.PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,53,98253.2%
  2. 2NARAYANAN P.GAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,11,01431.7%
  3. 3NACCHIMUTHU NADAR CPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK38,3685.8%
  4. 4PALANISAMY BMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK34,0965.1%
  5. 5CHANDRASEKAR ABharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,1041.7%
  6. 6PONNUSAMY L.PIndependent · IND3,0860.5%
  7. 7NALLAPPANNADIIndependent · IND3,0660.5%
  8. 8SELWAKUMAR PRABHA LIndependent · IND1,9220.3%
  9. 9CHINNAPONNU VATHIYAR V.MIndependent · IND1,5950.2%
  10. 10CHANDRASEKAR S.PIndependent · IND1,4530.2%
  11. 11DURAI J.PIndependent · IND1,2150.2%
  12. 12PACHIAPPAN K.RIndependent · IND1,0400.2%
  13. 13NALLASAMY GOUNDER KSIndependent · IND9120.1%
  14. 14BALASUBRAMANIAN PIndependent · IND9110.1%
  15. 15RANGASAMY KIndependent · IND6200.1%
  16. 16PONNUSAMY S.R.T.KIndependent · IND5510.1%
  17. 17SHEIK DAVOOD A.MIndependent · IND4260.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
ADK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–AIADMK swing
+21.5%
DMK share
0.0% → 53.2%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 31.7%
Turnout
65.1% → 68.5%
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