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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996

234 seats · 229 changed party since 1991

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Party standings

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996 · 11 parties won seats

Derived
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 173 seatsTMCM — 39 seatsCommunist Party of India — 8 seatsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 4 seatsPattali Makkal Katchi — 4 seatsIndependent — 1 seatBharatiya Janata Party — 1 seat4 other parties — 4 seats118234of 234 seats
  • DMK173
  • TMCM39
  • CPI8
  • AIADMK4
  • PMK4
  • IND1
  • BJP1
  • Others4

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam17374%1,14,23,38042.1%182
TMCMTMCM3917%25,26,4749.3%40
CPICommunist Party of India83%5,75,5702.1%11
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam42%58,31,38321.5%168
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi42%10,42,3333.8%116
INDIndependent10%10,22,3393.8%3769
BJPBharatiya Janata Party10%4,90,4531.8%143
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)10%4,56,1721.7%40
JPJanahitha Paksha10%1,50,1340.6%50
JDJanata Dal10%1,17,8010.4%16
FBLFBL10%75,3240.3%1
MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam00%15,69,1685.8%177
INCIndian National Congress00%15,23,3405.6%64

+ 26 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1996 · winner by seat

234 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 118

1996 · selected
Majority 118
DMK173TMCM39CPI8AIADMK4PMK4IND1BJP1CPM1JP1JD1+1 more · 1 seats
1991 · previous
Majority 118

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1991 → 1996

1991 1996· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
22.5
42.1
0.0
9.3
44.4
21.5
5.9
3.8
1.6
3.8
3.2
1.7
0.0
5.8
DMKTMCMAIADMKPMKINDCPMMDMK

Seat change

1996 seats minus 1991 seats

seats lostseats gained
DMK
2 → 173
+171
TMCM
0 → 39
+39
CPI
1 → 8
+7
AIADMK
164 → 4
−160
PMK
1 → 4
+3
IND
1 → 1
0
BJP
0 → 1
+1
CPM
1 → 1
0
JP
0 → 1
+1
JD
1 → 1
0

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1991 → 1996

share lostshare gained
DMK
22.5% → 42.1%
+19.6%
TMCM
0.0% → 9.3%
+9.3%
MDMK
0.0% → 5.8%
+5.8%
IND
1.6% → 3.8%
+2.2%
CPI
1.2% → 2.1%
+0.9%
AIICT
0.0% → 0.8%
+0.8%
JP
0.2% → 0.6%
+0.3%
JD
1.7% → 0.4%
−1.3%
CPM
3.2% → 1.7%
−1.5%
TMK
1.5% → 0.0%
−1.5%

Biggest DMK–AIADMK swings

Seats where the DMK-vs-AIADMK vote gap moved most, 1991 → 1996. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (DMK share − AIADMK share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward DMK; to the left, toward AIADMK.

toward AIADMKtoward DMK
Dindigul
+109.2%
Tiruchengodu
+99.8%
Palani
+99.2%
Thiruverumbur
+97.0%
Kumbakonam
+96.3%
Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
+95.9%
Senthamangalam
+95.3%
Thondamuthur
+95.1%
Kolathur
+94.7%
Singanallur
+93.5%
Srirangam
+93.2%
Avanashi
+92.3%

Closest races · 1996

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1996

234 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1991