Constituency
380. Chengalpattu
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-CHENGALPATTU
AIADMK 49.1%won by 3.4%DMK 45.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 3.4%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 49.1% of the vote here (+49.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 82.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.3% to 58.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,48,117
Turnout
58.4%
Valid votes
6,70,586
Margin
22,916
3.42%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AIADMK- 1KANCHI PANNEERSELVAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3,29,23949.1%
- 2PARASURAMAN KDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,06,32345.7%
- 3MURUGANANDAM T NIndian National Congress · INC24,9683.7%
- 4KRISHNAN PARAYANAR M.U.Independent · IND5,4190.8%
- 5JAGAVEERA PANDIAN KRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,7540.4%
- 6SRINIVASAN S.K.P.Independent · IND7650.1%
- 7RAMESH M.K.Independent · IND5880.1%
- 8ETHIRAJ BRIGADIERIndependent · IND5300.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +61.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 49.1%
- DMK share
- 58.1% → 45.7%
- Turnout
- 67.7% → 58.4%