Constituency
376. Madras North
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MADRAS-NORTH
DMK 47.1%won by 8.1%MDMK 39.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.1% to 8.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) finished second with 39.0% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.2% to 45.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
18,80,857
Turnout
45.3%
Valid votes
8,51,847
Margin
69,093
8.11%
Candidates
10 contested · winner DMK- 1KUPPUSAMI CDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK4,01,32247.1%
- 2SABAPATHY MOHAN, R.T.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,32,22939.0%
- 3SOUNDARA RAJAN ACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM50,5905.9%
- 4BHARATHI, G.K.JIndian National Congress · INC47,1475.5%
- 5DEVANATHAN, TBahujan Samaj Party · BSP12,0851.4%
- 6KUMARASAMY, SCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL4,1000.5%
- 7KALAISELVAN, KIndependent · IND1,6080.2%
- 8GANESAN, JIndependent · IND1,3310.2%
- 9BASKAR, NIndependent · IND7570.1%
- 10MOORTHY, T.K.Samajwadi Andolan Party · SAP6780.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–MDMK swing
- −58.0%
- DMK share
- 66.1% → 47.1%
- MDMK share
- 0.0% → 39.0%
- Turnout
- 54.4% → 45.3%