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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Tiruchendur

Parliamentary constituency 38 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#38 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7Candidate lines
Electors10,14,366
Votes polled5,47,234
Turnout54.0%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerRamaraajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,64,29048.3% of votes
MARGIN46,855 votes · 8.6 pp2,64,290 − 2,17,435
Runner-upDhanuskodi Athithan R. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)2,17,43539.7% of votes
AIADMK 54.9% of top-two votesTMC(M) 45.1%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 RamaraajanAIADMK2,64,290 48.3%
  2. 02 Dhanuskodi Athithan R.TMC(M)2,17,435 39.7%
  3. 03 Kumari AnanthanINC38,291 7.0%
  4. 04 Packiaraj Sathai, A.IND11,408 2.1%
  5. 05 Chandrasekaran,kalanthi,pBSP3,166 0.6%
  6. 06 Rajagopalan, N.IND692 0.1%
  7. 07 Devadason Raja S.IND355 0.1%

Turnout 54.0%

025507510054.0%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 4.96 lakh48.9% Female 5.19 lakh51.1%

Share of 10,14,366 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,046
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 5,35,637Residual 11,597

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    15.5 pp
    Robert Bruce CIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    17.8 pp
    Gnanathiraviam SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2014
    13.1 pp
    Prabakaran.K.R.PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    3.0 pp
    Ramasubbu SIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    28.9 pp
    Radhika Selvi. VDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 1999
    11.0 pp
    Jayaseelan, A.D.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1998
    8.6 pp
    RamaraajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1996
    34.2 pp
    Dhanuskodi Athithan R.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
  9. 1991
    48.4 pp
    Dhanushkodi Athinthan R.Indian National Congress
  10. 1989
    36.8 pp
    Dhanuskodi Athithan R.Indian National Congress
  11. 1985
    27.7 pp
    R.D.AthithanIndian National Congress
  12. 1984
    43.9 pp
    K.T. KosalramIndian National Congress
  13. 1980
    25.5 pp
    Kosalram K. T.Indian National Congress
  14. 1977
    26.6 pp
    Kosalaram K.T.Indian National Congress
  15. 1967
    0.1 pp
    SantoshamSwatantra Party
  16. 1962
    6.9 pp
    MuthiahIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 48.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 88.0% of votes; the other 5 candidates 9.9% between them.

    (2,64,290 + 2,17,435) ÷ 5,47,234 = 88.0% · 53,912 ÷ 5,47,234 = 9.9%

  2. Turnout of 54.0% was 3.7 pp below the state's median seat (57.7%).

    54.0 − 57.7 = −3.7

  3. The margin narrowed from 34.2 pp in 1996 to 8.6 pp.

    8.6 − 34.2 = −25.6 pp

  4. Dhanuskodi Athithan R., the 1996 winner, finished second in 1998.

    1996 winner name = 1998 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines5,35,637
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled5,47,234
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 11,597

Candidate votes miss the published total by 11,597, 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

Candidates7 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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