Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Gobichettipalayam

Shanmugasundaram V.P (DMK) won by 1,42,968 votes (21.5%).

Electors
9,71,883
Votes polled
6,91,388
Valid votes
Turnout
71.1%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 21.5% (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.

Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1999
Margin · 2004
31.5%(+26.7%)
Turnout
64.4%(+4.1%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
94.0%

Winning margin over time · Gobichettipalayam

197119771980198419891991199619981999200442%

Candidates

Candidates · Gobichettipalayam 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shanmugasundaram V.PWinnerDMK3,53,98253.2%
2Narayanan P.GADMK2,11,01431.7%
3Nacchimuthu Nadar CPMK38,3685.8%
4Palanisamy BMDMK34,0965.1%
5Chandrasekar ABJP11,1041.7%
6Ponnusamy L.PIND3,0860.5%
7NallappannadiIND3,0660.5%
8Selwakumar Prabha LIND1,9220.3%
9Chinnaponnu Vathiyar V.MIND1,5950.2%
10Chandrasekar S.PIND1,4530.2%
11Durai J.PIND1,2150.2%
12Pachiappan K.RIND1,0400.2%
13Nallasamy Gounder KsIND9120.1%
14Balasubramanian PIND9110.1%
15Rangasamy KIND6200.1%
16Ponnusamy S.R.T.KIND5510.1%
17Sheik Davood A.MIND4260.1%

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