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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Chidambaram

Parliamentary constituency 12 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#12 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors10,54,642
Votes polled6,84,155
Turnout64.9%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerElumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R.Pattali Makkal Katchi3,05,37244.6% of votes
MARGIN7,955 votes · 1.2 pp3,05,372 − 2,97,417
Runner-upGanesan V. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,97,41743.5% of votes
PMK 50.7% of top-two votesDMK 49.3%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Elumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R.PMK3,05,372 44.6%
  2. 02 Ganesan V.DMK2,97,417 43.5%
  3. 03 Vallalperuman Dr. P.INC43,214 6.3%
  4. 04 Nagappan P.BSP19,922 2.9%
  5. 05 Jayaraj S.IND351 0.1%
  6. 06 Janakiraman V.IND318 0.0%

Turnout 64.9%

025507510064.9%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 5.33 lakh50.5% Female 5.22 lakh49.5%

Share of 10,54,642 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males978
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 6,66,594Residual 17,561

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    18.3 pp
    Tharaniventhan M SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2019
    20.2 pp
    Vishnu Prasad M KIndian National Congress
  3. 2014
    22.2 pp
    V.ElumalaiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    12.7 pp
    Krishnasswamy MIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    11.8 pp
    Ponnuswamy, E.Pattali Makkal Katchi
  6. 1999
    16.3 pp
    Ponnuswamy, E.Pattali Makkal Katchi
  7. 1998
    1.2 pp
    Elumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R.Pattali Makkal Katchi
  8. 1996
    24.3 pp
    Ganesan VDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1991
    21.1 pp
    Vallalperuman P.Indian National Congress
  10. 1989
    4.2 pp
    Vallalperuman, P.Indian National Congress
  11. 1984
    21.4 pp
    Vallalperuman P.Indian National Congress
  12. 1980
    28.5 pp
    Kulandaivelu V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1977
    23.8 pp
    Murugesan A.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    7.3 pp
    M. DeiveekanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    7.0 pp
    L. Elaya PerumalIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 28.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed INC polled 43,214 votes, 5.4× the 7,955-vote margin.

    43,214 ÷ 7,955 = 5.4

  2. The top two polled 88.1% of votes; the other 4 candidates 9.3% between them.

    (3,05,372 + 2,97,417) ÷ 6,84,155 = 88.1% · 63,805 ÷ 6,84,155 = 9.3%

  3. Turnout of 64.9% was 7.2 pp above the state's median seat (57.7%).

    64.9 − 57.7 = +7.2

  4. The margin narrowed from 24.3 pp in 1996 to 1.2 pp.

    1.2 − 24.3 = −23.1 pp

  5. Ganesan V., the 1996 winner, finished second in 1998.

    1996 winner name = 1998 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines6,66,594
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,84,155
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 17,561

Candidate votes miss the published total by 17,561, 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

Candidates6 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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