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

Winner: VAIDYALINGAM, M.A.DMK
Votes: 166,40164.9% share
Margin ?: 113,959over INC
Turnout ?: 54.5%262,805 of 481,911
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	VAIDYALINGAM, M.A. Winner	DMK	166,401	64.91%
2	MADHAVAN, K.B.	INC	52,442	20.46%
3	SOMASUNDARAM, K.	MDMK	17,350	6.77%
4	ELUMALAI, D.	PMK	8,500	3.32%
5	PONSOLIAPPAN, A.	BJP	7,328	2.86%
6	RENGANATHAN, E.	IND	624	0.24%
7	SELVANATHAN, E.	IND	510	0.20%
8	SELVARAJ, P.	IND	473	0.18%
9	MATHIALAGAN, C.	IND	354	0.14%
10	CHITHIRAI, V.	IND	319	0.12%
11	SELVARASU, N.	IND	212	0.08%
12	SRINIVASAN, S.	IND	174	0.07%
13	SURESH KUMAR, S.	IND	168	0.07%
14	ELUMALAI, T.	IND	165	0.06%
15	NAGOOR MEERAN	IND	152	0.06%
16	RAMALINGAM NADAR	IND	135	0.05%
17	DURAIRAMASAMY	IND	130	0.05%
18	ALLIMUTHU, T.E.	IND	128	0.05%
19	BASKARAN, K.	IND	125	0.05%
20	MARIMUTHU, T.S.	IND	121	0.05%
21	RAJKUMAR, R.	IND	120	0.05%
22	THANGAMANI, R.	IND	119	0.05%
23	MUNUSAMY	IND	118	0.05%
24	RAJENDRAN, D.	IND	72	0.03%
25	WILLIAM SHAKSPERE, J.	IND	67	0.03%
26	RAJAVELAN, P.M.	IND	63	0.02%

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

Winning party by year

2026TVKby 35,621
2021DMKby 36,824
2016DMKby 14,445
2011AIADMKby 13,984
2006DMKby 48,752
2001DMKby 5,431
1996DMKby 113,959
1991INCby 46,848
1989DMKby 46,261
1984ADKby 7,146
1980DMKby 6,185
1977ADKby 426

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