Elections Archive

SC · Tamil Nadu

Madras North

Somu N.V.N (DMK) won by 3,89,617 votes (46.1%).

Electors
15,53,112
Votes polled
8,67,464
Valid votes
Turnout
55.9%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 46.1% (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%+)Party held vs 1999
Margin · 2004
27.7%(+9.5%)
Turnout
45.8%(+2.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
96.8%

Winning margin over time · Madras North

197119771980198419891991199619981999200446%

Candidates

Candidates · Madras North 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Somu N.V.NWinnerDMK5,59,04866.1%
2Pandian.dINC1,69,43120.0%
3Varada Rajan W.RCPM66,4797.9%
4Mohan V. BharathamathaBJP19,1132.3%
5Mahadevan.gPMK16,1431.9%
6Charles.gIND2,1920.3%
7Udayan.pIND1,8180.2%
8Ramachandiran.mSHS1,5280.2%
9Jalaludeen.mIND9930.1%
10Abdul Farook.pIND5870.1%
11Swaminathan.k.rMMS5720.1%
12Sundarraj.pIND5420.1%
13Sheila RajarathnamPHK5010.1%
14Nithyanandham.mIND4750.1%
15Lakshmanan K.KIND4580.1%
16Abdul Rahman K.AIND4500.1%
17Kumar D.SIND4180.0%
18Karuppiah.mIND3950.0%
19Govintharaj.rIND3710.0%
20Ramachandran Mu. PavalarIND3700.0%
21Perumal.jIND3580.0%
22Gnana Sigamani.vIND3150.0%
23Palani.kIND3070.0%
24JagadisanIND3050.0%
25Palani SundaresanIND3010.0%
26Elengovan S.EIND2890.0%
27Manak Chand NaharIND2760.0%
27Asokan.nIND2760.0%
29Agarwal Alias ShankerIND2690.0%
30Jagannathan.eIND2240.0%
31Kalyanasundaram.w.gIND2220.0%
32Thamilarasan.pIND2060.0%
33Umesh Kumar Jain CIND1640.0%
34Thampi LatifIND1470.0%
35Munuswamy.eIND970.0%

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