Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Tenkasi

Arunachalam, M. (TMC(M)) won by 95,926 votes (14.8%).

Electors
9,73,084
Votes polled
6,80,617
Valid votes
Turnout
69.9%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 14.8% (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%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
19.2%(+7.8%)
Turnout
68.1%(-4.2%)
NOTA
1.7%
Top-2 squeeze
64.1%

Winning margin over time · Tenkasi

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Candidates

Candidates · Tenkasi 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Arunachalam, M.WinnerTMC(M)2,90,66345.0%
2Selvaraj V.INC1,94,73730.1%
3Jeyaraj P.CPM82,61512.8%
4Arumugam S.BJP52,1208.1%
5Amirtharaj.t.PMK16,3282.5%
6Karuppasamy S.IND2,3830.4%
7Devadoss R.IND2,0580.3%
8Shumugiah M.IND1,9940.3%
9Subramanian, M.IND1,2120.2%
10Maruthan K.IND1,0350.2%
11Vellapandi S.IND1,0000.2%

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