GEN · Tamil Nadu
Cumbum
Ramachandran, O.R. (TMC(M)) won by 35,740 votes (33.3%).
- Electors
- 1,64,465
- Votes polled
- 1,12,230
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 68.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 state median: 33.3% (median 25.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu 1996 · All years
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramachandran, O.R.Winner | TMC(M) | 58,628 | 54.7% |
| 2 | Gopalan, R.T. | IND | 22,888 | 21.3% |
| 3 | Somasundaram, K.A. | INC | 14,129 | 13.2% |
| 4 | Dharmaraj, S. | CPM | 6,872 | 6.4% |
| 5 | Rajendran, A. | BJP | 3,797 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Ahamed Zuber, M. | IND | 253 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Ganesan, M. | IND | 128 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Murugesan, M. | IND | 122 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Kannimuthu, P. | IND | 120 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Pandiaraja, G. | IND | 99 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Venkatesan, S. | IND | 85 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Abdul Kadir, A. | IND | 73 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Nandagopal, A. | IND | 71 | 0.1% |
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