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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Madras North

Parliamentary constituency 1 (SC) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#1 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants10Candidate lines
Electors18,80,857
Votes polled8,76,109
Turnout46.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerKuppusami CDravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,01,32245.8% of votes
MARGIN69,093 votes · 7.9 pp4,01,322 − 3,32,229
Runner-upSabapathy Mohan, R.T. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,32,22937.9% of votes
DMK 54.7% of top-two votesMDMK 45.3%

All candidates 10

  1. 01 Kuppusami CDMK4,01,322 45.8%
  2. 02 Sabapathy Mohan, R.T.MDMK3,32,229 37.9%
  3. 03 Soundara Rajan ACPI(M)50,590 5.8%
  4. 04 Bharathi, G.K.JINC47,147 5.4%
  5. 05 Devanathan, TBSP12,085 1.4%
  6. 06 Kumarasamy, SCPI(ML)L4,100 0.5%
  7. 07 Kalaiselvan, KIND1,608 0.2%
  8. 08 Ganesan, JIND1,331 0.2%
  9. 09 Baskar, NIND757 0.1%
  10. 10 Moorthy, T.K.SAP678 0.1%

Turnout 46.6%

025507510046.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 10.00 lakh53.2% Female 8.81 lakh46.8%

Share of 18,80,857 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males881
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 8,51,847Residual 24,262

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    40.4 pp
    Sasikanth SenthilIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    25.3 pp
    Dr.K.JayakumarIndian National Congress
  3. 2014
    25.8 pp
    Venugopal.P.(DR)All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    3.7 pp
    Venugopal.PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2004
    27.7 pp
    Kuppusami. CDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 1999
    17.9 pp
    Kuppusamy, C.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1998
    7.9 pp
    Kuppusami CDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1996
    44.9 pp
    Somu N.V.NDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1991
    15.8 pp
    D. PandianIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    13.9 pp
    D. PandianIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    7.2 pp
    N.V.N.SomuDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1980
    18.8 pp
    Lakshmanan G.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1977
    9.6 pp
    Asai Thambi A.V.P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    15.2 pp
    K. ManoharanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    2.7 pp
    P. SrinivasanIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 44.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 83.7% of votes; the other 8 candidates 13.5% between them.

    (4,01,322 + 3,32,229) ÷ 8,76,109 = 83.7% · 1,18,296 ÷ 8,76,109 = 13.5%

  2. Turnout of 46.6% was 11.1 pp below the state's median seat (57.7%).

    46.6 − 57.7 = −11.1

  3. The margin narrowed from 44.9 pp in 1996 to 7.9 pp.

    7.9 − 44.9 = −37.0 pp

  4. DMK held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 DMK · 1998 DMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines8,51,847
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled8,76,109
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 24,262

Candidate votes miss the published total by 24,262, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates10 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 39 seats on the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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