Winner, Votes & Party Details
Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Sivaganga Lok Sabha Constituency General Election 1996 Results: Chidambaram P. of TMC(M) won with 4,18,774 votes, defeating Gowrishankaran M. of INC, who received 1,71,472 votes. Chidambaram P. won by a margin of 2,47,302 votes, equivalent to 38.26% of the total votes polled. Total votes polled were 6,46,379.
Full candidate-wise results and vote share details are given below.
TMC(M)
4,18,774
64.79%
1,71,472
26.53%
MDMK
41,164
6.37%
6,739
1.04%
IND
3,115
0.48%
IND
1,514
0.23%
IND
1,456
0.23%
IND
1,254
0.19%
IND
891
0.14%