Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1996

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Assembly constituency 2 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1996

[01]Result · 1996

#2 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants33

Electors1,03,285

Votes polled56,718

Turnout54.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerAnbazhagan,kDravida Munnetra Kazhagam39,26370.6% of votes

MARGIN30,256 votes · 53.3 pp39,263 − 9,007

Runner-upEarnest Paul Indian National Congress9,00716.2% of votes

DMK 81.3% of top-two votesINC 18.7%

All candidates 33

01 Anbazhagan,kDMK39,263 70.6%
02 Earnest PaulINC9,007 16.2%
03 Basheer Ahamed,hMDMK4,576 8.2%
04 Dhananjayan,kBJP2,352 4.2%
05 Arumugam,kPMK168 0.3%
06 Alagarsamy,mIND44 0.1%
07 Sekar,a.T.IND32 0.1%
08 Sivashanmugam,mIND20 0.0%
09 Nagarajan,rIND18 0.0%
09 Elangovan,s.E.IND18 0.0%
11 Mohan,nIND16 0.0%
12 Chokkalingam, P.K.IND15 0.0%
13 Sambandan,nIND12 0.0%
14 Chandrasekaran,g.IND10 0.0%
14 Seeni Mohamed,k.IND10 0.0%
14 Abdul Rahman,k.IND10 0.0%
14 Ashok,v.IND10 0.0%
18 Radhakrishnan,g.IND6 0.0%
18 Amir Hamsa, K.K.M.IND6 0.0%
20 Mani,g.IND5 0.0%
20 Narayanan,s.IND5 0.0%
20 Saik Mohamed,a.IND5 0.0%
23 Annamalai,kIND4 0.0%
24 Ravi Shanker,m.IND3 0.0%
24 Ravi,a.IND3 0.0%
24 Jalaludeen,j.IND3 0.0%
24 Amudha,d.IND3 0.0%
24 Muhamed Ilahi,r.IND3 0.0%
24 Alexander,e.IND3 0.0%
30 Mathi Arasu,s.IND2 0.0%
30 Rajamannar, P.V.IND2 0.0%
30 Abdul Kasim,k.IND2 0.0%
30 Ayubkhan,e.IND2 0.0%

Turnout 54.9%

Male 57,33855.5% Female 45,94744.5%

Share of 1,03,285 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males801
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 234 seats, 199668.3%
ReconciliationΣ 33 candidates = 55,638Residual 1,080

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
24.6 pp
Dr.Ravi.M.STamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
2021
4.6 pp
Durai. ChandrasekarIndian National Congress
2016
9.9 pp
Balaraman PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
19.1 pp
Pon. RajaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
0.7 pp
Anbazhagan, K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
0.7 pp
Anbazhagan.KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996
53.3 pp
Anbazhagan,kDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
1.4 pp
Karunanidhi M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
45.3 pp
M. KarunanidhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
11.6 pp
A. SelvarasanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
18.0 pp
Selvarasan,aDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
9.1 pp
A. SelvarajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
0.8 pp
A M MohideenIndependent
1967
6.8 pp
H. BaigIndependent
1962
6.1 pp
K. S. G. Haja ShariffIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 53.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 85.1% of votes; the other 31 candidates 13.0% between them.
(39,263 + 9,007) ÷ 56,718 = 85.1% · 7,368 ÷ 56,718 = 13.0%
Turnout of 54.9% was 13.4 pp below the state's median seat (68.3%).
54.9 − 68.3 = −13.4
The margin widened from 1.4 pp in 1991 to 53.3 pp.
53.3 − 1.4 = +51.9 pp
DMK held the seat it won in 1991.
1991 DMK · 1996 DMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 33 candidate lines55,638
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled56,718
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,080

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,080, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1996 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates33 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 234 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 1996 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database