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Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 1996

Results board · 39 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateTamil Nadu
Seats
39
Constituencies
Majority
20
Seats needed of 39
Electors
4.25Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
2.84Cr
66.9% of electors
Median turnout
67.5%
Median of 39 seats
TMC(M) margin
0
Exactly at majority · 20 − 20

[01]Seat matrix

39 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 39 seats: TMC(M) 20, DMK 17, CPI 2. Majority line at 20 seats. Hemicycle of 39 seats: TMC(M) 20, DMK 17, CPI 2. Majority line at 20 seats.
Majority · 20 of 39TMC(M) 20 · at majority
TMC(M) 2051.3% Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
DMK 1743.6% Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
CPI 25.1% Communist Party of India

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
TMC(M) 27.0%20 seats · 51.3%
DMK 25.6%17 seats · 43.6%
INC 18.3%0 seats
AIADMK 7.8%0 seats
MDMK 4.5%0 seats
Others 16.8%2 seats · 5.1%

Vote share not published

  • CPI2 seats

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

THIRD FRONT 4.2%1 seat
UPA 26.1%0 seats
NDA 2.9%0 seats
OTHERS 66.8%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. TMC(M) converted 27.0% of votes into 51.3% of seats, a seat premium of 24.3 pp.

    20 ÷ 39 = 51.3% · 51.3 − 27.0 = +24.3

  2. INC polled 18.3% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 39 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 18.3 = −18.3

  3. Sivakasi was decided by 23,622 votes, the closest of 39 seats; Madras North had the widest margin, 3,89,617.

    min / max of margin over 39 seats with a recorded margin

  4. In SC-reserved seats TMC(M) won 5 of 7 (71.4%), against 51.3% of all seats.

    5 ÷ 7 = 71.4% · 20 ÷ 39 = 51.3%

  5. Turnout ran from 55.9% in Madras North to 74.1% in Nagapattinam; the median seat polled 67.5%.

    min / median / max over 39 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

39 of 39 seats carry a turnout
025507510067.5%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 410.3% of seats
60–70 2256.4% of seats
70–80 1333.3% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestMadras North55.9%
  • HighestNagapattinam74.1%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

39 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 1996, all 39 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Madras NorthSCWIDEST Somu N.V.N Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,67,464 3,89,617 44.9 55.9
02 Madras Central Murasoli Maran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,98,008 2,80,467 46.9 57.7
03 Madras South Baalu T.R Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,85,229 3,39,181 38.3 56.3
04 Sriperumbudur Nagaratnam.T Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,79,085 2,45,711 31.5 67.4
05 Chengalpattu Parasuraman.K Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,38,989 2,35,657 31.9 70.8
06 ArakkonamSC Velu.A.M Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,57,483 2,64,845 35.0 73.2
07 Vellore Shanmugam.P Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,11,693 2,11,035 29.7 67.8
08 Tiruppattur Venugopal.D Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,32,490 2,40,264 32.8 69.0
09 Vandavasi Balaraman.L Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,17,844 1,73,304 24.1 69.6
10 Tindivanam Venkatraman G Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,24,103 1,90,276 26.3 70.0
11 Cuddalore Venkatesan P.R.S Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,29,417 2,05,204 28.1 70.0
12 Chidambaram Ganesan V Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,25,700 1,76,266 24.3 70.7
13 DharmapuriSC Theertharaman.P Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,38,915 1,31,246 17.8 65.8
14 Krishnagiri Narasimhan C Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,15,036 1,94,676 27.2 66.3
15 Rasipuram Kandasamy K Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 6,94,523 1,93,178 27.8 66.3
16 Salem Devadass.R Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,06,406 1,20,885 17.1 65.4
17 Tiruchengode K.P.Ramalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,57,452 1,93,188 22.5 64.9
18 Nilgiris Balasubramaniyan S.R. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,96,437 2,81,376 35.3 66.4
19 GobichettipalayamSC Shanmugasundaram V.P Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,91,388 1,42,968 20.7 71.1
20 Coimbatore Ramanathan M. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,48,217 2,62,787 31.0 64.4
21 Pollachi Kandasamy .V Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 6,96,457 1,38,891 19.9 71.9
22 Palani Kaarvendhan .S.K Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,35,759 1,92,633 26.2 68.9
23 Dindigul Chitthan.N.S.V. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,25,466 2,67,914 36.9 67.5
24 Madurai Ram Babu A.G.S Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,47,383 1,89,806 25.4 62.3
25 Periyakulam Gnanagurusamy R Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,86,544 1,31,337 19.1 67.2
26 Karur Natrayan.K Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,63,924 1,68,274 22.0 71.2
27 TiruchirappalliSC Adaikkalraj.L Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,20,232 2,64,708 36.8 67.3
28 Perambalur Raja A Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,21,728 2,14,247 29.7 73.5
29 MayiladuturaiSC Rajendiran P.V Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 6,90,094 1,53,544 22.2 72.6
30 Nagapattinam Selvarasu M Communist Party of India 7,27,883 2,21,346 30.4 74.1
31 Thanjavur Palanimanickam S.S Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,00,830 2,00,428 28.6 72.4
32 Pudukkottai Siva,n. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,28,411 1,77,873 21.5 73.7
33 Sivaganga Chidambaram P. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 6,74,687 2,47,302 36.7 63.8
34 Ramanathapuram Udayappan, S.P. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 6,64,914 1,95,304 29.4 63.7
35 SivakasiCLOSEST Alagirisamy, V. Communist Party of India 8,08,460 23,622 2.9 69.3
36 Tirunelveli Sivaprakasam D.S.A. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,69,818 1,18,280 17.7 65.4
37 TenkasiSC Arunachalam, M. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 6,80,617 95,926 14.1 69.9
38 Tiruchendur Dhanuskodi Athithan R. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 5,96,500 2,03,711 34.2 60.9
39 Nagercoil Dennis N. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 5,83,299 27,697 4.7 59.9
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 3,89,617 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · Tamil Nadu · 39 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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