Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Tirunelveli

Sivaprakasam D.S.A. (DMK) won by 1,18,280 votes (18.3%).

Electors
10,23,826
Votes polled
6,69,818
Valid votes
Turnout
65.4%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 18.3% (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
15.6%(-2.4%)
Turnout
64.5%(-3.6%)
NOTA
0.7%
Top-2 squeeze
79.1%

Winning margin over time · Tirunelveli

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Candidates

Candidates · Tirunelveli 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sivaprakasam D.S.A.WinnerDMK2,95,00145.5%
2Rajaselvam A.R.ADMK1,76,72127.3%
3Kutty Alias Shunmuga Chidambaram C.A.R.MDMK77,64812.0%
4Krishnasamy K.JP61,5679.5%
5Ponniah A.R.BJP25,5453.9%
6Nagireddi O.IND2,4970.4%
7Noordeen N.S.IND2,0360.3%
8Appasu DeivendranIND1,4610.2%
9Rayappan M.IND1,4250.2%
10Muthia DevarIND1,0620.2%
11Johny Selvaraj Alias ThiruselvamIND6920.1%
12Ponraj P.IND6470.1%
13Chandramohan A.IND5500.1%
14Tamilselvi T.IND4090.1%
15Devadoss R.IND3950.1%
16Jeevarathinam S.IND3350.1%

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