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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Mayiladuturai

Parliamentary constituency 29 (SC) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#29 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants9Candidate lines
Electors9,90,666
Votes polled6,43,606
Turnout65.0%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerKrishnamoorthy, K.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)2,86,09844.5% of votes
MARGIN42,456 votes · 6.6 pp2,86,098 − 2,43,642
Runner-upArulmozhi, P.D. Pattali Makkal Katchi2,43,64237.9% of votes
TMC(M) 54.0% of top-two votesPMK 46.0%

All candidates 9

  1. 01 Krishnamoorthy, K.TMC(M)2,86,098 44.5%
  2. 02 Arulmozhi, P.D.PMK2,43,642 37.9%
  3. 03 Mani Shankar Aiyar,IND72,911 11.3%
  4. 04 Thirunavukkarasu, R.INC15,265 2.4%
  5. 05 Balu. Dr.PT2,189 0.3%
  6. 06 Pandian, K.RJD2,120 0.3%
  7. 07 Balasundaram, S.CPI(ML)L1,965 0.3%
  8. 08 Dhayalan, ABSP1,528 0.2%
  9. 09 Sheik Dawood. Dr. A.IND552 0.1%

Turnout 65.0%

025507510065.0%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 5.04 lakh50.9% Female 4.87 lakh49.1%

Share of 9,90,666 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males966
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 6,26,270Residual 17,336

Seat history 2024–1956

  1. 2024
    21.5 pp
    Selvaraj VCommunist Party of India
  2. 2019
    21.1 pp
    Selvaraj MCommunist Party of India
  3. 2014
    11.3 pp
    Gopal. Dr. KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    6.3 pp
    Vijayan A K SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2004
    28.2 pp
    Mani Shankar AiyarIndian National Congress
  6. 1999
    6.1 pp
    Manishankar AiyarIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    6.6 pp
    Krishnamoorthy, K.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
  8. 1996
    22.2 pp
    Rajendiran P.VTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
  9. 1991
    25.2 pp
    Mani Shankar AiyarIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    15.0 pp
    Pakeer Mohamed Hajee E.S.MIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    20.7 pp
    Pakeer Mohamed E.S.M.Indian National Congress
  12. 1980
    17.7 pp
    Kudanthai Ramalingam N.Indian National Congress
  13. 1977
    15.0 pp
    Kudanthai Ramalingam N.Indian National Congress
  14. 1967
    4.7 pp
    S. EraDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    16.4 pp
    Era SezhiyanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  16. 1956
    Margin not recorded
    R.G. NaiduIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 28.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed IND polled 72,911 votes, 1.7× the 42,456-vote margin.

    72,911 ÷ 42,456 = 1.7

  2. The top two polled 82.3% of votes; the other 7 candidates 15.0% between them.

    (2,86,098 + 2,43,642) ÷ 6,43,606 = 82.3% · 96,530 ÷ 6,43,606 = 15.0%

  3. Turnout of 65.0% was 7.3 pp above the state's median seat (57.7%).

    65.0 − 57.7 = +7.3

  4. The margin narrowed from 22.2 pp in 1996 to 6.6 pp.

    6.6 − 22.2 = −15.6 pp

  5. TMC(M) held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 TMC(M) · 1998 TMC(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines6,26,270
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,43,606
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 17,336

Candidate votes miss the published total by 17,336, 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

Candidates9 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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