Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1996

Kapilamalai

Assembly constituency 97 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1996

[01]Result · 1996

#97 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants25

Electors1,71,394

Votes polled1,19,128

Turnout69.5%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerVeerappan, K.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam64,60556.0% of votes

MARGIN29,710 votes · 24.9 pp64,605 − 34,895

Runner-upRajalingam, R. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam34,89530.3% of votes

DMK 64.9% of top-two votesAIADMK 35.1%

All candidates 25

01 Veerappan, K.K.DMK64,605 56.0%
02 Rajalingam, R.AIADMK34,895 30.3%
03 Kandasamy, M.MDMK7,882 6.8%
04 Chandrasekaran, K.PMK5,221 4.5%
05 Ramalingam, A.BJP664 0.6%
06 Ilango, S.IND355 0.3%
07 Gunasekaran, K.IND203 0.2%
08 Devaraj, K.C.IND159 0.1%
09 Mani, A.IND132 0.1%
10 Marimuthu, P.IND127 0.1%
10 Velusamy, S.IND127 0.1%
12 Subramaniam, S.S.IND121 0.1%
13 Murugesan. S.P.IND102 0.1%
14 Selvam, K.IND99 0.1%
14 Arulmani, M.PNNA99 0.1%
16 Shanmugam, K.IND94 0.1%
17 Kannan, R.IND81 0.1%
18 Saminathan, A.IND76 0.1%
19 Sekar, P.IND70 0.1%
20 Muthusamy. K.IND65 0.1%
21 Maruthanayagam, M.IND53 0.1%
22 Palaniappan, V.P.IND42 0.0%
23 Selvaraj, R.IND38 0.0%
24 Sengodan, R.IND37 0.0%
25 Nainamalai, K.P.IND22 0.0%

Turnout 69.5%

Male 84,71649.4% Female 86,67850.6%

Share of 1,71,394 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,023
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 234 seats, 199668.3%
ReconciliationΣ 25 candidates = 1,15,369Residual 3,759

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
3.8 pp
C.VijayalakshmiTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
2021
15.8 pp
Thangamani.PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
25.8 pp
Thangamani PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
16.7 pp
Thangamani.PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
7.3 pp
Nedunchezhian.KPattali Makkal Katchi
2001
3.7 pp
Malaiyappasamy A.R.Pattali Makkal Katchi
1996
24.9 pp
Veerappan, K.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991
39.3 pp
Saraswathi P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989
7.4 pp
Mani, K.A.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(JAYALALITA GROUP)
1984
10.9 pp
P.SengottaiyanIndian National Congress
1980
6.1 pp
Velappan C. V.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
13.6 pp
K.SengodanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
4.8 pp
K. H. BommanSwatantra Party
1967
1.5 pp
C. NanjamIndian National Congress
1962
12.6 pp
K. PonniahIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 83.5% of votes; the other 23 candidates 13.3% between them.
(64,605 + 34,895) ÷ 1,19,128 = 83.5% · 15,869 ÷ 1,19,128 = 13.3%
Turnout of 69.5% was 1.2 pp above the state's median seat (68.3%).
69.5 − 68.3 = +1.2
The margin narrowed from 39.3 pp in 1991 to 24.9 pp.
24.9 − 39.3 = −14.4 pp
The seat changed hands: AIADMK in 1991, DMK in 1996.
1991 AIADMK · 1996 DMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 25 candidate lines1,15,369
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,19,128
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 3,759

Candidate votes miss the published total by 3,759, 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

Candidates25 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