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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Nilgiris

Parliamentary constituency 18 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#18 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5Candidate lines
Electors12,94,110
Votes polled7,18,202
Turnout55.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerMathan M. Alias Master Mathan M.Bharatiya Janata Party3,22,81844.9% of votes
MARGIN60,385 votes · 8.4 pp3,22,818 − 2,62,433
Runner-upBalasubramoniyan S.R. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)2,62,43336.5% of votes
BJP 55.2% of top-two votesTMC(M) 44.8%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Mathan M. Alias Master Mathan M.BJP3,22,818 44.9%
  2. 02 Balasubramoniyan S.R.TMC(M)2,62,433 36.5%
  3. 03 Prabhu R.INC1,06,588 14.8%
  4. 04 Bhaskaran M.IND1,416 0.2%
  5. 05 Ramesh C.IND1,103 0.2%

Turnout 55.5%

025507510055.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 6.56 lakh50.7% Female 6.38 lakh49.3%

Share of 12,94,110 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males973
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 6,94,358Residual 23,844

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    11.0 pp
    Subbarayan, K.Communist Party of India
  2. 2019
    8.3 pp
    Subbarayan, K.Communist Party of India
  3. 2014
    17.1 pp
    V.SathyabamaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    11.5 pp
    Sivasami CAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2004
    30.4 pp
    Prabhu R.Indian National Congress
  6. 1999
    3.2 pp
    Mathan, M. (Alias) Master Mathan, M.Bharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    8.4 pp
    Mathan M. Alias Master Mathan M.Bharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    35.3 pp
    Balasubramaniyan S.R.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
  9. 1991
    26.3 pp
    Prabhu R.Indian National Congress
  10. 1989
    23.1 pp
    Prabhu, R.Indian National Congress
  11. 1984
    22.2 pp
    R.PrabhuIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    17.6 pp
    Prabhu R.Indian National Congress
  13. 1977
    13.3 pp
    Ramalingam P.S.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    15.9 pp
    K. RamaniCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  15. 1962
    11.4 pp
    Paramasiva GounderIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 35.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed INC polled 1,06,588 votes, 1.8× the 60,385-vote margin.

    1,06,588 ÷ 60,385 = 1.8

  2. The top two polled 81.5% of votes; the other 3 candidates 15.2% between them.

    (3,22,818 + 2,62,433) ÷ 7,18,202 = 81.5% · 1,09,107 ÷ 7,18,202 = 15.2%

  3. Turnout of 55.5% was 2.2 pp below the state's median seat (57.7%).

    55.5 − 57.7 = −2.2

  4. The margin narrowed from 35.3 pp in 1996 to 8.4 pp.

    8.4 − 35.3 = −26.9 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: TMC(M) in 1996, BJP in 1998.

    1996 TMC(M) · 1998 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines6,94,358
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,18,202
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 23,844

Candidate votes miss the published total by 23,844, 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

Candidates5 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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