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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Nagapattinam

Parliamentary constituency 30 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#30 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants4Candidate lines
Electors10,21,037
Votes polled6,61,129
Turnout64.8%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerSelvarasu, M.Communist Party of India3,75,58956.8% of votes
MARGIN1,31,303 votes · 19.9 pp3,75,589 − 2,44,286
Runner-upGopal, Dr. K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,44,28636.9% of votes
CPI 60.6% of top-two votesAIADMK 39.4%

All candidates 4

  1. 01 Selvarasu, M.CPI3,75,589 56.8%
  2. 02 Gopal, Dr. K.AIADMK2,44,286 36.9%
  3. 03 Thiagarajan, M.INC15,837 2.4%
  4. 04 Jeevanandam, G.PT3,354 0.5%

Turnout 64.8%

025507510064.8%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 5.15 lakh50.4% Female 5.07 lakh49.6%

Share of 10,21,037 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males984
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 6,39,066Residual 22,063

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    31.1 pp
    Murasoli SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2019
    34.8 pp
    Palanimanickam,s.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2014
    14.2 pp
    Parasuraman.KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    12.6 pp
    Palanimanickam.S.SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2004
    28.8 pp
    Vijayan, A. K. S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 1999
    3.2 pp
    Vijayan, A.K.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1998
    19.9 pp
    Selvarasu, M.Communist Party of India
  8. 1996
    30.4 pp
    Selvarasu MCommunist Party of India
  9. 1991
    3.8 pp
    Padma (W)Indian National Congress
  10. 1989
    3.1 pp
    Selvarasu, MCommunist Party of India
  11. 1984
    0.4 pp
    Mahalingam, M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1980
    1.9 pp
    Karunanithi-ThazhaiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1977
    7.8 pp
    Murugaiyan S.G.Communist Party of India
  14. 1967
    14.2 pp
    K. SubraveluDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    10.1 pp
    R. UmanathCommunist Party of India

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 34.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 93.8% of votes; the other 2 candidates 2.9% between them.

    (3,75,589 + 2,44,286) ÷ 6,61,129 = 93.8% · 19,191 ÷ 6,61,129 = 2.9%

  2. Turnout of 64.8% was 7.1 pp above the state's median seat (57.7%).

    64.8 − 57.7 = +7.1

  3. The margin narrowed from 30.4 pp in 1996 to 19.9 pp.

    19.9 − 30.4 = −10.5 pp

  4. Selvarasu, M. also won in 1996.

    1996 winner name = 1998 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines6,39,066
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,61,129
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 22,063

Candidate votes miss the published total by 22,063, 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

Candidates4 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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