Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Cuddalore

Venkatesan P.R.S (TMC(M)) won by 2,05,204 votes (29.6%).

Electors
10,42,486
Votes polled
7,29,417
Valid votes
Turnout
70.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 29.6% (median 9.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
18.1%(+4.2%)
Turnout
73.0%(-4.7%)
NOTA
0.7%
Top-2 squeeze
70.7%

Winning margin over time · Cuddalore

1971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202434%

Candidates

Candidates · Cuddalore 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Venkatesan P.R.SWinnerTMC(M)3,89,66056.2%
2Santhamurthy VINC1,84,45626.6%
3Sabapathy Mohan R.TMDMK55,1107.9%
4Kalia Perumal P.PAIIC(T)41,2846.0%
5Apparsamy NBJP7,8451.1%
6Kirubapuri MIND3,9750.6%
7Muthu KIND2,6010.4%
8Rangan A.D. Alias Rangan PrakashRPI(S)2,0810.3%
9Viruthagiri RIND1,4730.2%
10Tmt. Sarojini M.IND1,4000.2%
11Moorthy T.KSAP1,0430.2%
12Abdul Wahab TIND9320.1%
13Thiagarajan VIND7630.1%
14Sundaravadivelu SIND4220.1%
15Palanivelan V.KIND3390.0%

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