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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Dindigul

Parliamentary constituency 23 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#23 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants8Candidate lines
Electors11,43,880
Votes polled6,11,642
Turnout53.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerSreenivaasan C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,76,10645.1% of votes
MARGIN15,199 votes · 2.5 pp2,76,106 − 2,60,907
Runner-upChitthan N.S.V. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)2,60,90742.7% of votes
AIADMK 51.4% of top-two votesTMC(M) 48.6%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Sreenivaasan C.AIADMK2,76,106 45.1%
  2. 02 Chitthan N.S.V.TMC(M)2,60,907 42.7%
  3. 03 Latha, SMGRAD35,119 5.7%
  4. 04 Santhanakrishnan C.PT19,176 3.1%
  5. 05 Baskaran R.IND808 0.1%
  6. 06 Kalimuthu S.IND540 0.1%
  7. 07 Shankar P.IND295 0.0%
  8. 08 Palanichamy K.IND222 0.0%

Turnout 53.5%

025507510053.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 5.70 lakh49.8% Female 5.74 lakh50.2%

Share of 11,43,880 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,007
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 5,93,173Residual 18,469

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    14.7 pp
    Jothimani. SIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    38.1 pp
    Jothimani SIndian National Congress
  3. 2014
    18.7 pp
    Thambidurai,m.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    5.7 pp
    Thambidurai.MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2004
    22.5 pp
    Chitthan, N. S. V.Indian National Congress
  6. 1999
    3.0 pp
    Sreenivaasan, C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1998
    2.5 pp
    Sreenivaasan C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1996
    36.9 pp
    Chitthan.N.S.V.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
  9. 1991
    35.2 pp
    C. SrinivasanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  10. 1989
    35.9 pp
    Srinivasan, C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  11. 1984
    24.4 pp
    K.R. NatarajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1980
    5.6 pp
    Maya Thevar K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1977
    35.0 pp
    Maya Thevar K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    24.8 pp
    N. AnbuchezhianDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    1.0 pp
    Malaichamy ThevarIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 38.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed MGRAD polled 35,119 votes, 2.3× the 15,199-vote margin.

    35,119 ÷ 15,199 = 2.3

  2. The top two polled 87.8% of votes; the other 6 candidates 9.2% between them.

    (2,76,106 + 2,60,907) ÷ 6,11,642 = 87.8% · 56,160 ÷ 6,11,642 = 9.2%

  3. Turnout of 53.5% was 4.2 pp below the state's median seat (57.7%).

    53.5 − 57.7 = −4.2

  4. The margin narrowed from 36.9 pp in 1996 to 2.5 pp.

    2.5 − 36.9 = −34.4 pp

  5. Chitthan N.S.V., 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 8 candidate lines5,93,173
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,11,642
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 18,469

Candidate votes miss the published total by 18,469, 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

Candidates8 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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