Name: Salem-I Vidhan Sabha 1996 result - Tamil Nadu
Creator: VotingBharat.com

Winner: DHANAPALAN, K.R.G.DMK
Votes: 67,56658.8% share
Margin ?: 30,267over INC
Turnout ?: 65.5%118,229 of 180,579
NOTA ?: 0

Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources

All candidates, 1996
#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	DHANAPALAN, K.R.G. Winner	DMK	67,566	58.82%
2	NATARAJAN, A.T.	INC	37,299	32.47%
3	JEYARAMAN, S.R.	AIIC(T)	4,437	3.86%
4	VENUGOPALAN, B.	BJP	2,182	1.90%
5	RAVIKRISHNAN, T.	MDMK	1,259	1.10%
6	KASILINGAM, R.	IND	413	0.36%
7	SUDHAKARAN, R.	IND	386	0.34%
8	SAMARASAM, S.A.	IND	179	0.16%
9	SALEEM, A.S.	IND	124	0.11%
10	ARUMUGAM, K.M.	IND	112	0.10%
11	GOVERTHANAN, K.	IND	111	0.10%
12	KENNEDY, N.	IND	83	0.07%
13	PERUMAL, P.	IND	82	0.07%
14	SATHASIVAM, A.	IND	75	0.07%
15	VEERASAMY, N.	IND	73	0.06%
16	SUBRAMANI, V.	IND	66	0.06%
16	RAMAMOORTHY, B.	IND	66	0.06%
18	SOUNDAPPAN, S.	IND	61	0.05%
19	GANESAN, V.	IND	59	0.05%
20	SENBAGAVALLI, S.	IND	53	0.05%
21	GANAPATHY, K.	IND	50	0.04%
22	MURALI, C.V.	IND	48	0.04%
23	RAJA, S.M.	IND	36	0.03%
24	MADHU, N.	IND	28	0.02%
25	VAIYAPURI, S.	IND	27	0.02%

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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.

Winning party by year

2006AIADMKby 12,817
2001ADMKby 25,131
1996DMKby 30,267
1991INCby 41,094
1989DMKby 22,661
1984ADKby 5,886
1980ADKby 19,231
1977ADKby 8,662

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