Constituency
378. Madras South
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MADRAS-SOUTH
DMK 48.2%won by 2.2%BJP 45.9%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.0% to 2.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.1% of the vote between them, up from 84.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.9% to 46.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
19,36,771
Turnout
46.4%
Valid votes
8,98,798
Margin
20,014
2.23%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1BAALU T.R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK4,32,91348.2%
- 2JANA KRISHNAMURTHI, KBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,12,89945.9%
- 3SUBRAMANYAM, M.PIndian National Congress · INC44,5495.0%
- 4NAGAPPAN, MIndependent · IND3,2940.4%
- 5KANAKASABAI, NIndependent · IND2,0120.2%
- 6MOHANRAJ, JTLJ · TLJ1,2760.1%
- 7VIVEKANANDA, SIndependent · IND7440.1%
- 8SRINIVASAN, SIndependent · IND5740.1%
- 9GANESAN P.S.Independent · IND5370.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–BJP swing
- −55.8%
- DMK share
- 62.0% → 48.2%
- BJP share
- 4.0% → 45.9%
- Turnout
- 55.3% → 46.4%