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Cuddalore #11GEN
Won
Venkatesan P.R.S
TMCM Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Margin
2,05,204 28.1 pp
votes
over Santhamurthy V (INC)
The contest
Electors10,42,486
Votes polled7,29,417
Turnout70.0%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.24 L50.2% of electorate
Female electors5.19 L49.8% of electorate
Sex ratio
991females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venkatesan P.R.S | TMCM | 3,89,660 | 53.40% | |
| 2 | Santhamurthy V | INC | 1,84,456 | 25.30% | |
| 3 | Sabapathy Mohan R.T | MDMK | 55,110 | 7.60% | |
| 4 | Kalia Perumal P.P | AIICT | 41,284 | 5.70% | |
| 5 | Apparsamy N | BJP | 7,845 | 1.10% | |
| 6 | Kirubapuri M | IND | 3,975 | 0.50% | |
| 7 | Muthu K | IND | 2,601 | 0.40% | |
| 8 | Rangan A.D. Alias Rangan Prakash | RPIS | 2,081 | 0.30% | |
| 9 | Viruthagiri R | IND | 1,473 | 0.20% | |
| 10 | Tmt. Sarojini M. | IND | 1,400 | 0.20% | |
| 11 | Moorthy T.K | SP | 1,043 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | Abdul Wahab T | IND | 932 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | Thiagarajan V | IND | 763 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | Sundaravadivelu S | IND | 422 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | Palanivelan V.K | IND | 339 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 36,033, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 693,384 · NOTA n/a · published 729,417 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
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