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380. Chengalpattu

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-CHENGALPATTU

AIADMK 49.1%won by 3.4%DMK 45.7%

What changed here

Derived

The 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%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
AIADMKflipped
AIADMKDMK swing
+61.5%
AIADMK share
0.0% 49.1%
DMK share
58.1% 45.7%
Turnout
67.7% 58.4%