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Vridhachalam
Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha Election 1996
185,683
Electors
131,213
Votes polled
70.67%
Turnout
6,885
Margin
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tamizharasan M.A.B.L. Kuzhandai
Won
Male
|
DMK | 49,103 | 37.42% |
| 2 |
Govindasamy, R
Male
|
PMK | 42,218 | 32.18% |
| 3 |
Ramanathan, C
Male
|
ADMK | 30,166 | 22.99% |
| 4 |
Srinivasan. M.M
Male
|
MDMK | 5,349 | 4.08% |
| 5 |
Rajendran, A
Male
|
IND | 2,202 | 1.68% |
| 6 |
Deivaneedhi, S
Male
|
BJP | 439 | 0.33% |
| 7 |
Chakaravarthi, P.R
Male
|
JP | 305 | 0.23% |
| 8 |
Poomalai, R
Male
|
IND | 210 | 0.16% |
| 9 |
Ramakrishnan, T
Male
|
IND | 194 | 0.15% |
| 10 |
Nambiyar, K
Male
|
IND | 172 | 0.13% |
| 11 |
Kunjithapatham, R
Male
|
IND | 171 | 0.13% |
| 12 |
Shamsudeen, M
Male
|
IND | 170 | 0.13% |
| 13 |
Asan Mohamed, A
Male
|
IND | 152 | 0.12% |
| 14 |
Nagappan, P
Male
|
IND | 111 | 0.08% |
| 15 |
Ragunathan, N.V
Male
|
IND | 82 | 0.06% |
| 16 |
Subramani
Male
|
IND | 78 | 0.06% |
| 17 |
Janibasha, D
Male
|
IND | 62 | 0.05% |
| 18 |
Purushothaman, G.P
Male
|
IND | 29 | 0.02% |
Party Wise Vote Share
Overall vote % (Pie)Voter Participation by Gender
EVM voters — male vs femaleGender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.
Vridhachalam Constituency Results by Year
| Year | Winner | Vote share | Runner-up | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 |
Vijayakanth.A
Male
DMDK
|
— |
Govindasamy.R
Male
PMK
|
— |
| 2001 |
Govindasamy. Dr. R
Male
PMK
|
50.13% |
Kuzhandai Tamizharasan
Male
DMK
|
44.95% |
| 1996 |
Tamizharasan M.A.B.L. Kuzhandai
Male
DMK
|
37.42% |
Govindasamy, R
Male
PMK
|
32.18% |
| 1991 |
Aranganathan R.D
Male
ADK
|
45.05% |
Rajendiran A. Alias Deeran
Male
PMK
|
32.65% |
| 1989 |
Bhuvarahan, G
Male
JnP
|
35.47% |
Aranganathan, R.D
Male
ADK(JL)
|
19.85% |
| 1984 |
R.Thiyagarajan
Male
INC
|
57.33% |
D.Rasavelu
Male
DMK
|
37.99% |
| 1980 |
Thiyagarajan, R
Male
INC(I)
|
51.86% |
Ramanathan, C
Male
ADK
|
47.12% |
| 1977 |
C. Ramanathan
Male
ADK
|
39.59% |
K. Ramalingam
Male
DMK
|
23.71% |
| 1971 |
M. Selvraj
Male
DMK
|
54.26% |
B. Thiyagarajan
Male
NCO
|
44.99% |
| 1967 |
G. Bhuvaraghan
Male
INC
|
54.77% |
M. Selvaraj
Male
DMK
|
43.27% |