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

Winner: STALIN, M.K.DMK
Votes: 66,90569.7% share
Margin ?: 44,877over ADMK
Turnout ?: 58.7%98,048 of 167,016
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	STALIN, M.K. Winner	DMK	66,905	69.72%
2	ZEENATH SHERIFFDEEN	ADMK	22,028	22.95%
3	THIYAGARAJAN, K.	MDMK	2,479	2.58%
4	NAGAMMA	BJP	2,015	2.10%
5	ELUMALAI, N.	PMK	1,457	1.52%
6	RAVIKANNAN, R.	IND	225	0.23%
7	THEERTHAMALAI, A.P.	IND	159	0.17%
8	MUNUSAMY, M.	IND	94	0.10%
9	DANIEL THOMAS, R.	IND	84	0.09%
10	THEYAGARAJAN, V.	IND	63	0.07%
11	ARUNKUMAR, G.	IND	59	0.06%
12	KANDASAMY, P.	IND	50	0.05%
13	KUMAR, K.	IND	45	0.05%
14	KRISHNAMURTHY, P.	IND	44	0.05%
15	GAJENDRAN, G.	IND	40	0.04%
16	PARAMASIVAN, K.	IND	35	0.04%
17	ZUMRUTH BEGUM	IND	34	0.04%
18	KALAIMANI, R.	IND	31	0.03%
19	RANGANATHAN, S.	IND	23	0.02%
19	VENKATESAN, J.	IND	23	0.02%
21	MUNIYANDY, K.V.	IND	21	0.02%
22	VENKATESAN, T.	IND	19	0.02%
22	VELU, M.P.	IND	19	0.02%
24	MARIYAPPAN, C.	IND	16	0.02%

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

Winning party by year

2026TVKby 15,141
2021DMKby 32,462
2016DMKby 8,829
2011AIADMKby 7,592
2006DMKby 2,468
2001DMKby 7,274
1996DMKby 44,877
1991ADKby 16,981
1989DMKby 20,634
1984ADKby 2,292
1980ADKby 307
1977DMKby 4,858

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