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401. Karur

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KARUR

TMCM 56.1%won by 23.0%AIADMK 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 23.0%.

  • TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 56.1% of the vote here (+56.1%).
  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.2% between them, down from 98.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
10,72,924
Turnout
68.1%
Valid votes
7,30,328
Margin
1,68,274
23.04%

Candidates

14 contested · winner TMCM
  1. 1NATRAYAN.KTMCM · TMCM4,09,83056.1%
  2. 2THAMBIDURAI.MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,41,55633.1%
  3. 3MOORTHY.T.PMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK61,1888.4%
  4. 4MADHUKUMAR.R.KBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,8700.8%
  5. 5AROKKIAM.SIndependent · IND4,3380.6%
  6. 6SARAVANAN.BIndependent · IND1,3440.2%
  7. 7MOULANA.K.BIndependent · IND1,0110.1%
  8. 8MANOKARAM.RIndependent · IND9960.1%
  9. 9PITCHAIMUTHU.SIndependent · IND9200.1%
  10. 10RAMASAMY.SIndependent · IND8330.1%
  11. 11PITCHAIMUTHU.KIndependent · IND7890.1%
  12. 12ERAMACHANDRAN.MIndependent · IND6050.1%
  13. 13LOKANATHAN.KIndependent · IND5610.1%
  14. 14SHANMUGAM.PIndependent · IND4870.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
ADK
Winner now
TMCMflipped
TMCM–AIADMK swing
+23.0%
TMCM share
0.0% → 56.1%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 33.1%
Turnout
66.2% → 68.1%
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