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1996 · Lok Sabha

SALEM

Tamil Nadu constituency profile with every candidate, party, votes, share, rank, margin and election history.

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WinnerDEVADASS.RCandidate
PartyTMCMWinner party
Winner votes3.2LTotal votes
Vote share29.17%Winner share
Margin1.2LWinning margin
Turnout61.98%Constituency turnout

Candidate result

Bar length represents votes polled.

DEVADASS.RTMCM · 29.17%3.2LTHANGKABALU K.VINC · 17.99%1.9LRANGARAJAN KUMARAMANGALAM.PAIICT · 11.14%1.2LRAJAMANI.NBJP · 0.88%9.5KMOHANRAJ.BMDMK · 0.58%6.2KMURUGESAN.A.CIND · 0.46%4.9KESWARAN.SIND · 0.18%1.9KMADESWARAN.ARPI · 0.11%1.2KCHINNASAMY.VIND · 0.11%1.2KMANICKAM CIND · 0.11%1.2KRAJENDRAN.AIND · 0.10%1.1KBALAVENKATESH.MIND · 0.09%1.0KNAGAMANICKAM.BALAIND · 0.09%988SAIT MUSTHAFA.SIND · 0.08%911MAHABOOK SHARIFF.AIND · 0.08%897KRISHNAMOORTHY.NIND · 0.07%784GANESAN.KIND · 0.07%784RAM MOHAN.VIND · 0.07%755SELVAKUMARAN.P.MIND · 0.06%698SAMPATH KUMAR.PIND · 0.06%644MEGANATHAN.S.BIND · 0.05%571PALANISAMY.KIND · 0.05%540KANDASAMI.MIND · 0.04%466RAMAMOORTHY.BIND · 0.04%456KRISHNAMOORTHY.NIND · 0.04%417SIVAGNANAM.S.TIND · 0.04%406MAYAN.PIND · 0.04%399ANNAMALAI.KIND · 0.04%397PADMANAPAN.K.MIND · 0.04%396CHAKKARAPANI.NIND · 0.03%318ANNAMALAI.SIND · 0.02%245VEDANAYAGAM RAMAIND · 0.02%188VENKATACHALAM.SIND · 0.02%183VELLIANGIRI K.S VEERAPANDIIND · 0.01%80

Constituency facts

Elector and polling summary.

Electors10.8L
Votes polled6.7L
Valid votes6.7L
NOTA0
ReservationGEN
Candidates34
ALL CONTESTANTS

Ranked candidate table

RankCandidatePartyEVMPostalTotal votesVote shareResultTag
1DEVADASS.RTMCM00315,27729.17%WonSecondary
2THANGKABALU K.VINC00194,39217.99%LostSecondary
3RANGARAJAN KUMARAMANGALAM.PAIICT00120,34511.14%LostSecondary
4RAJAMANI.NBJP009,5380.88%LostSecondary
5MOHANRAJ.BMDMK006,2450.58%LostSecondary
6MURUGESAN.A.CIND004,9270.46%LostSecondary
7ESWARAN.SIND001,9440.18%LostSecondary
8MADESWARAN.ARPI001,2180.11%LostSecondary
9CHINNASAMY.VIND001,1720.11%LostSecondary
10MANICKAM CIND001,1640.11%LostSecondary
11RAJENDRAN.AIND001,0630.10%LostSecondary
12BALAVENKATESH.MIND001,0090.09%LostSecondary
13NAGAMANICKAM.BALAIND009880.09%LostSecondary
14SAIT MUSTHAFA.SIND009110.08%LostSecondary
15MAHABOOK SHARIFF.AIND008970.08%LostSecondary
16KRISHNAMOORTHY.NIND007840.07%LostSecondary
16GANESAN.KIND007840.07%LostSecondary
18RAM MOHAN.VIND007550.07%LostSecondary
19SELVAKUMARAN.P.MIND006980.06%LostSecondary
20SAMPATH KUMAR.PIND006440.06%LostSecondary
21MEGANATHAN.S.BIND005710.05%LostSecondary
22PALANISAMY.KIND005400.05%LostSecondary
23KANDASAMI.MIND004660.04%LostSecondary
24RAMAMOORTHY.BIND004560.04%LostSecondary
25KRISHNAMOORTHY.NIND004170.04%LostSecondary
26SIVAGNANAM.S.TIND004060.04%LostSecondary
27MAYAN.PIND003990.04%LostSecondary
28ANNAMALAI.KIND003970.04%LostSecondary
29PADMANAPAN.K.MIND003960.04%LostSecondary
30CHAKKARAPANI.NIND003180.03%LostSecondary
31ANNAMALAI.SIND002450.02%LostSecondary
32VEDANAYAGAM RAMAIND001880.02%LostSecondary
33VENKATACHALAM.SIND001830.02%LostSecondary
34VELLIANGIRI K.S VEERAPANDIIND00800.01%LostSecondary
HISTORICAL RESULT

Constituency election timeline

Historical comparisons use the mapped geography when available; otherwise, the constituency name is used.

1996TMCMDEVADASS.R
29.2% · margin 1.2L