SC · Tamil Nadu

Periyakulam

Gnanagurusamy R (DMK) won by 1,31,337 votes (19.7%).

Margin vs 1996 national median: 19.7% (median 9.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1996 national · Target seats

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Winning margin over time · Periyakulam

Candidates · Periyakulam 1996
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Gnanagurusamy RWinner	DMK	3,26,665	49.1%
2	Ramasamy R	ADMK	1,95,328	29.4%
3	Eramakrishnan N	MDMK	91,601	13.8%
4	Periaswamy Thevar M	BJP	20,035	3.0%
5	Thangaraj P	PMK	11,503	1.7%
6	Palanisamy K	IND	9,317	1.4%
7	Surulivelu K	IND	4,162	0.6%
8	Ramasamy K	IND	1,131	0.2%
9	Noortheen P.K	PDP	691	0.1%
10	Narayanan V K	IND	659	0.1%
11	Elango K	IND	632	0.1%
12	Rajendran P	IND	586	0.1%
13	Pandian P	IND	545	0.1%
14	Ahmed Zuber M	IND	544	0.1%
15	Chellappa S	IND	402	0.1%
16	Paranjothi K	IND	361	0.1%
17	Ilango S	IND	334	0.1%
18	Manikandan R	IND	300	0.0%
19	Xavier M A	IND	291	0.0%
20	Nagarajan K	IND	271	0.0%
21	Murugan M	IND	134	0.0%

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Candidates · Periyakulam 1996
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Gnanagurusamy RWinner	DMK	3,26,665	49.1%
2	Ramasamy R	ADMK	1,95,328	29.4%
3	Eramakrishnan N	MDMK	91,601	13.8%
4	Periaswamy Thevar M	BJP	20,035	3.0%
5	Thangaraj P	PMK	11,503	1.7%
6	Palanisamy K	IND	9,317	1.4%
7	Surulivelu K	IND	4,162	0.6%
8	Ramasamy K	IND	1,131	0.2%
9	Noortheen P.K	PDP	691	0.1%
10	Narayanan V K	IND	659	0.1%
11	Elango K	IND	632	0.1%
12	Rajendran P	IND	586	0.1%
13	Pandian P	IND	545	0.1%
14	Ahmed Zuber M	IND	544	0.1%
15	Chellappa S	IND	402	0.1%
16	Paranjothi K	IND	361	0.1%
17	Ilango S	IND	334	0.1%
18	Manikandan R	IND	300	0.0%
19	Xavier M A	IND	291	0.0%
20	Nagarajan K	IND	271	0.0%
21	Murugan M	IND	134	0.0%

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