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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Coimbatore

Parliamentary constituency 20 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#20 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants12Candidate lines
Electors14,95,356
Votes polled8,26,652
Turnout55.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerRadhakrishnan C.P.Bharatiya Janata Party4,49,26954.3% of votes
MARGIN1,44,676 votes · 17.5 pp4,49,269 − 3,04,593
Runner-upSubbian K.R. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,04,59336.8% of votes
BJP 59.6% of top-two votesDMK 40.4%

All candidates 12

  1. 01 Radhakrishnan C.P.BJP4,49,269 54.3%
  2. 02 Subbian K.R.DMK3,04,593 36.8%
  3. 03 Krishnan R.INC40,739 4.9%
  4. 04 Kalyanasundaram S.T.BSP4,596 0.6%
  5. 05 Rangasamy R.IND1,431 0.2%
  6. 06 Krishnaswamy R.IND1,181 0.1%
  7. 07 Santhi C.IND1,091 0.1%
  8. 08 Saminathan M.IND666 0.1%
  9. 09 Ramaswamy.O.SAP405 0.0%
  10. 10 Lakshmana Narayanan R.IND220 0.0%
  11. 11 Elangkumaran R.IND161 0.0%
  12. 12 Raghavendra K.S.IND133 0.0%

Turnout 55.3%

025507510055.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 7.77 lakh52.0% Female 7.18 lakh48.0%

Share of 14,95,356 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males924
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 8,04,485Residual 22,167

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    8.6 pp
    Ganapathy Rajkumar PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2019
    14.3 pp
    Natarajan. P.RCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  3. 2014
    3.6 pp
    Nagarajan, P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    4.7 pp
    Natarajan.P.R.Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  5. 2004
    18.7 pp
    Subbarayan, K.Communist Party of India
  6. 1999
    6.2 pp
    Radhakrishnan, C.P.Bharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    17.5 pp
    Radhakrishnan C.P.Bharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    31.0 pp
    Ramanathan M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1991
    25.9 pp
    Kuppuswamy C.K.Indian National Congress
  10. 1989
    18.4 pp
    Kuppusamy, C.K.Indian National Congress
  11. 1984
    15.9 pp
    Kuppuswamy C. K.Indian National Congress
  12. 1980
    10.8 pp
    Ram Mohan Alias Era Mohan R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1977
    4.0 pp
    Parvathi KrishnanCommunist Party of India
  14. 1967
    26.6 pp
    C. T. DhandapaniDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    28.3 pp
    Akkamma DeviIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 31.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 91.2% of votes; the other 10 candidates 6.1% between them.

    (4,49,269 + 3,04,593) ÷ 8,26,652 = 91.2% · 50,623 ÷ 8,26,652 = 6.1%

  2. Turnout of 55.3% was 2.4 pp below the state's median seat (57.7%).

    55.3 − 57.7 = −2.4

  3. The margin narrowed from 31.0 pp in 1996 to 17.5 pp.

    17.5 − 31.0 = −13.5 pp

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

    1996 DMK · 1998 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines8,04,485
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled8,26,652
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 22,167

Candidate votes miss the published total by 22,167, 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

Candidates12 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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