GEN · Tamil Nadu
Tambaram
Vaidyalingam, M.A. (DMK) won by 1,13,959 votes (44.5%).
- Electors
- 4,81,911
- Votes polled
- 2,62,805
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 54.5%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 state median: 44.5% (median 25.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu 1996 · All years
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaidyalingam, M.A.Winner | DMK | 1,66,401 | 64.9% |
| 2 | Madhavan, K.B. | INC | 52,442 | 20.5% |
| 3 | Somasundaram, K. | MDMK | 17,350 | 6.8% |
| 4 | Elumalai, D. | PMK | 8,500 | 3.3% |
| 5 | Ponsoliappan, A. | BJP | 7,328 | 2.9% |
| 6 | Renganathan, E. | IND | 624 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Selvanathan, E. | IND | 510 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Selvaraj, P. | IND | 473 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Mathialagan, C. | IND | 354 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Chithirai, V. | IND | 319 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Selvarasu, N. | IND | 212 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Srinivasan, S. | IND | 174 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Suresh Kumar, S. | IND | 168 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Elumalai, T. | IND | 165 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Nagoor Meeran | IND | 152 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Ramalingam Nadar | IND | 135 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Durairamasamy | IND | 130 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Allimuthu, T.E. | IND | 128 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Baskaran, K. | IND | 125 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Marimuthu, T.S. | IND | 121 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Rajkumar, R. | IND | 120 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Thangamani, R. | IND | 119 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Munusamy | IND | 118 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Rajendran, D. | IND | 72 | 0.0% |
| 25 | William Shakspere, J. | IND | 67 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Rajavelan, P.M. | IND | 63 | 0.0% |
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