GEN · Tamil Nadu
Colachel
Bernard, Era (DMK) won by 7,426 votes (7.7%).
- Electors
- 1,65,972
- Votes polled
- 1,00,259
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 60.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 state median: 7.7% (median 25.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu 1996 · All years
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard, EraWinner | DMK | 41,217 | 42.9% |
| 2 | S.P. Kutty | BJP | 33,791 | 35.1% |
| 3 | Sambath Chandra, R. | MDMK | 11,528 | 12.0% |
| 4 | Pauliah, A. | INC | 8,401 | 8.7% |
| 5 | Chandra Sekhar | IND | 186 | 0.2% |
| 6 | Jaipal, J.T. | AIIC(T) | 168 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Sreekumaran Thampy, A. | IND | 137 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Chandrasekaran, N. | IND | 130 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Tharchis Xavier, S. | IND | 130 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Ponnuswamy, E. | IND | 83 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Murugan, R. | IND | 71 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Thomas, S. | IND | 66 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Poulin, P. | IND | 62 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Periya Nadar, S. | IND | 60 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Krishnaraj, M. | IND | 58 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Rajasingh, C. | IND | 50 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Monikandan, K. | IND | 43 | 0.0% |
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