Elections Archive

Tamil Nadu · 1996

State seat map, party leadership, and constituency results.

Seats
39
Turnout
66.9%
Electors
4,24,88,022
Votes polled
2,84,38,885
NOTA
0
Leading party
TMC(M)

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Total seats39

39 of 39 seats shown

Constituencies

Tamil Nadu constituencies 1996
ConstituencyCategoryWinnerRunner-upVote shareMarginTurnout
ArakkonamSCVelu.a.m (TMC(M))Raviram.r (INC)59.0%2,64,845 (36.7%)73.2%
ChengalpattuGENParasuraman.k (DMK)Krishnan.s.m (INC)58.1%2,35,657 (33.3%)70.8%
ChidambaramGENGanesan V (DMK)Elumalai.r (PMK)48.7%1,76,266 (25.5%)70.7%
CoimbatoreGENRamanathan M. (DMK)Kuppuswamy C.K. (INC)56.8%2,62,787 (32.2%)64.4%
CuddaloreGENVenkatesan P.R.S (TMC(M))Santhamurthy V (INC)56.2%2,05,204 (29.6%)70.0%
DharmapuriGENTheertharaman.p (TMC(M))Subramaniyam.m.p (INC)42.7%1,31,246 (18.8%)65.8%
DindigulGENChitthan.n.s.v. (TMC(M))Sreenivaasan.c (ADMK)64.0%2,67,914 (38.5%)67.5%
GobichettipalayamGENShanmugasundaram V.P (DMK)Narayanan P.G (ADMK)53.2%1,42,968 (21.5%)71.1%
KarurGENNatrayan.k (TMC(M))Thambidurai.m (ADMK)56.1%1,68,274 (23.0%)71.2%
KrishnagiriGENNarasimhan C (TMC(M))Elankovan. E.V.K.S. (INC)56.0%1,94,676 (29.4%)66.3%
Madras CentralGENMurasoli Maran (DMK)G.k.j.bharathi (INC)69.0%2,80,467 (47.9%)57.7%
Madras NorthSCSomu N.V.N (DMK)Pandian.d (INC)66.1%3,89,617 (46.1%)55.9%
Madras SouthGENBaalu T.R (DMK)Ganesham.h (ADMK)62.0%3,39,181 (39.0%)56.3%
MaduraiGENRam Babu A.G.S (TMC(M))Subramanian Swamy (JNP)46.5%1,89,806 (26.4%)62.3%
MayiladuturaiSCRajendiran P.V (TMC(M))Mani Shankar Aiyar (INC)55.7%1,53,544 (23.3%)72.6%
NagapattinamGENSelvarasu M (CPI)Kannivannan M (INC)56.8%2,21,346 (31.9%)74.1%
NagercoilGENDennis N. (TMC(M))Radhakrishnan P. (BJP)35.2%27,697 (4.9%)59.9%
NilgirisSCBalasubramaniyan S.R. (TMC(M))R.prabhu (INC)62.9%2,81,376 (37.2%)66.4%
PalaniGENKaarvendhan .s.k (TMC(M))Kumarasamy .p (ADMK)57.4%1,92,633 (27.3%)68.9%
PerambalurSCRaja A (DMK)Subramanian P.V (INC)59.2%2,14,247 (31.8%)73.5%
PeriyakulamSCGnanagurusamy R (DMK)Ramasamy R (ADMK)49.1%1,31,337 (19.7%)67.2%
PollachiGENKandasamy .v (TMC(M))Anna Nambi .r (ADMK)55.2%1,38,891 (21.2%)71.9%
PudukkottaiGENSiva,n. (DMK)Swaminathan, V.N. (INC)50.5%1,77,873 (22.5%)73.7%
RamanathapuramGENUdayappan, S.P. (TMC(M))Rajeshwaran V (INC)53.0%1,95,304 (31.3%)63.7%
RasipuramSCKandasamy K (TMC(M))Jayakumar K (INC)61.8%1,93,178 (29.2%)66.3%

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Party board

Party results · Tamil Nadu 1996
PartySeats wonContestedVote shareTotal votes
TMC(M)202027.0%73,39,982
DMK171725.6%69,67,679
CPI222.3%6,32,813
INC02918.3%49,65,364
ADMK0107.8%21,30,286
MDMK0244.5%12,22,415
IND05393.0%8,15,224
BJP0372.9%7,95,797
AIIC(T)0122.2%6,05,565
PMK0152.0%5,52,118
CPM071.8%4,93,916
JD081.5%4,15,287
JNP010.5%1,44,249
JP010.2%61,567
ATMK040.1%19,394
SHS050.0%8,556
RPI020.0%4,872
SAP050.0%3,664
MELPHC030.0%3,155
CPI(ML)(L)010.0%2,215
RPI(S)010.0%2,081
PHK020.0%862
PDP010.0%691
MMS010.0%572
TNHVYK010.0%422

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