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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Ramanathapuram

Parliamentary constituency 34 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#34 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors10,78,503
Votes polled6,13,398
Turnout56.9%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerSathiamoorthy, V.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2,58,97842.2% of votes
MARGIN24,092 votes · 3.9 pp2,58,978 − 2,34,886
Runner-upUdayappan. Sp. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)2,34,88638.3% of votes
AIADMK 52.4% of top-two votesTMC(M) 47.6%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Sathiamoorthy, V.AIADMK2,58,978 42.2%
  2. 02 Udayappan. Sp.TMC(M)2,34,886 38.3%
  3. 03 Nazeera Parvin.K.Thirumathi.Dr.PT53,542 8.7%
  4. 04 Rajeshwaren, V.INC24,942 4.1%
  5. 05 Karthikeyan, R.SP17,569 2.9%
  6. 06 Muthu Ganapathy, R.IND905 0.1%

Turnout 56.9%

025507510056.9%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.7%
Male 5.35 lakh49.6% Female 5.44 lakh50.4%

Share of 10,78,503 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,018
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 39 seats, 199857.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 5,90,822Residual 22,576

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    0.4 pp
    Manickam Tagore BIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    14.4 pp
    Manickam Tagore, B.Indian National Congress
  3. 2014
    14.4 pp
    Radhakrishnan TAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2009
    2.1 pp
    Manicka TagoreIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    16.4 pp
    Bhavani Rajenthiran. M. S. K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 1999
    1.0 pp
    Malaisamy.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1998
    3.9 pp
    Sathiamoorthy, V.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1996
    29.4 pp
    Udayappan, S.P.Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
  9. 1991
    27.9 pp
    Rajeshwaran V.Indian National Congress
  10. 1989
    28.3 pp
    Rajeshwaran, V.Indian National Congress
  11. 1984
    17.6 pp
    V. RajeshwaranIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    17.0 pp
    Sathiyendran M.S.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1977
    39.0 pp
    Anbalagan P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    8.4 pp
    M. SheriffIndependent
  15. 1962
    8.5 pp
    Vairava ThevarIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed PT polled 53,542 votes, 2.2× the 24,092-vote margin.

    53,542 ÷ 24,092 = 2.2

  2. The top two polled 80.5% of votes; the other 4 candidates 15.8% between them.

    (2,58,978 + 2,34,886) ÷ 6,13,398 = 80.5% · 96,958 ÷ 6,13,398 = 15.8%

  3. Turnout of 56.9% was 0.8 pp below the state's median seat (57.7%).

    56.9 − 57.7 = −0.8

  4. The margin narrowed from 29.4 pp in 1996 to 3.9 pp.

    3.9 − 29.4 = −25.5 pp

  5. Udayappan. Sp., 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 6 candidate lines5,90,822
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,13,398
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 22,576

Candidate votes miss the published total by 22,576, 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

Candidates6 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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