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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Gobichettipalayam

Parliamentary constituency 19 (SC) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#19 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors10,21,268
Votes polled6,27,372
Turnout61.4%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerChinnasamy V.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,29,75352.6% of votes
MARGIN1,14,642 votes · 18.3 pp3,29,753 − 2,15,111
Runner-upRamasamy N. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,15,11134.3% of votes
AIADMK 60.5% of top-two votesDMK 39.5%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Chinnasamy V.K.AIADMK3,29,753 52.6%
  2. 02 Ramasamy N.DMK2,15,111 34.3%
  3. 03 Elankovan E.V.K.S.INC48,531 7.7%
  4. 04 Suresh L.IND7,836 1.2%
  5. 05 BannariIND615 0.1%
  6. 06 Murughan V.A.IND609 0.1%

Turnout 61.4%

025507510061.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 5.17 lakh50.6% Female 5.05 lakh49.4%

Share of 10,21,268 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males977
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 6,02,455Residual 24,917

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    23.6 pp
    Raja ADravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2019
    20.4 pp
    Raja, A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2014
    11.2 pp
    Gopalakrishnan, C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    12.1 pp
    Raja ADravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2004
    31.7 pp
    Elangovan, E. V. K. S.Indian National Congress
  6. 1999
    4.7 pp
    Kaliappan, K.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1998
    18.3 pp
    Chinnasamy V.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1996
    20.7 pp
    Shanmugasundaram V.PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1991
    40.7 pp
    Narayanan P.G.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  10. 1989
    35.8 pp
    Narayanan, P.G.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  11. 1984
    29.3 pp
    Kholandaivelu P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1980
    3.2 pp
    Chinnasamy G.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1977
    23.5 pp
    Ramaswamy K.S.Indian National Congress
  14. 1967
    20.2 pp
    NarayananDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    24.9 pp
    P. G. KaruthirumanIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 40.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 86.8% of votes; the other 4 candidates 9.2% between them.

    (3,29,753 + 2,15,111) ÷ 6,27,372 = 86.8% · 57,591 ÷ 6,27,372 = 9.2%

  2. Turnout of 61.4% was 3.7 pp above the state's median seat (57.7%).

    61.4 − 57.7 = +3.7

  3. The margin narrowed from 20.7 pp in 1996 to 18.3 pp.

    18.3 − 20.7 = −2.4 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: DMK in 1996, AIADMK in 1998.

    1996 DMK · 1998 AIADMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines6,02,455
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,27,372
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 24,917

Candidate votes miss the published total by 24,917, 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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