Vilathikulam
Winner — 1996
Vilathikulam was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 634 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
18 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAVISANKAR, K. | DMK-led | 30,190 | 32.1% |
| 2 | GOPALSAMY, VAI. | People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 29,556 | 31.4% |
| 3 | PERUMAL, N.K. | 25,891 | 27.5% | |
| 4 | KRISHNA KANTHAN YADHAV | PMK-Tiwari Congress Front (PMK + AIIC(T)), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 3,374 | 3.6% |
| 5 | SHANMUGAVEL, K. | IND | 1,749 | 1.9% |
| 6 | SELVARAJAR, A. | IND | 1,369 | 1.5% |
| 7 | RAJAMMAL, P. | BJP | 918 | 1.0% |
| 8 | KANNAN, K. | IND | 355 | 0.4% |
| 9 | PONNUSAMY, P. | IND | 154 | 0.2% |
| 10 | GANDHI, M. | IND | 104 | 0.1% |
| 11 | MUNISAMY, A. | IND | 72 | 0.1% |
| 12 | MURUGAN, M. | IND | 67 | 0.1% |
| 13 | PERIASAMY, S. | IND | 58 | 0.1% |
| 14 | ALAGURAJ, S. | IND | 54 | 0.1% |
| 15 | RAMACHANDRAN, V. | IND | 49 | 0.1% |
| 16 | SEKAR, C.P. | IND | 41 | 0.0% |
| 17 | RAMASAMY, R. | IND | 21 | 0.0% |
| 18 | RAJENDRA PERUMAL, K. | IND | 18 | 0.0% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Low turnout (218th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
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