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state assembly / GENERAL ELECTION

NAMAKKAL · 1996

Tamil Nadu · Constituency 96

Public archive reference. Candidate names and historical geography are reproduced as supplied. Source rank and vote order are not a reviewed winner declaration.

Candidate records · 12 rows
Source rankCandidatePartyVotesSource vote share
1VEISAMY, K.DMK76,86062.15%
2ANBAIAGAN, S.ADMK38,79531.37%
3MAYAVAN, R.MDMK5,4354.39%
4RAVINTHIRAN, K.IND1,4441.17%
5SINGARAVEL, S.IND2410.19%
6KANNAMMA, P.IND2120.17%
7KENDI GANESAN, V.IND1750.14%
8VARUDHARAJU, A.IND1590.13%
9MANIKUMAR, T.P.IND1260.10%
10PONNUSAMY, K.IND960.08%
11DHANASEKARAN, T.IND820.07%
12PONNUSAMY, K.IND400.03%

Source & record context

Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

TCPD Indian Elections Dataset (TCPD-IED), Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. June 2023 archive.

Valid votes in source123,665
Electors in source196,881

Boundary identifier: 3 · Dataset: tcpd-ae

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