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411. Tirunelveli

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-TIRUNELVELI

DMK 45.5%won by 18.3%AIADMK 27.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 18.3%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 34.9% to 45.5% of the vote here (+10.6%).
  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 63.3%.

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

Electorate
10,23,826
Turnout
63.3%
Valid votes
6,47,991
Margin
1,18,280
18.25%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
ADK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKAIADMK swing
−16.7%
DMK share
34.9% 45.5%
AIADMK share
0.0% 27.3%
Turnout
58.3% 63.3%