Constituency
386. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-CUDDALORE
AIADMK 48.8%won by 4.3%TMCM 44.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 4.3%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 48.8% of the vote here (+48.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.4% of the vote between them, up from 82.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.5% to 59.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,76,266
Turnout
59.0%
Valid votes
6,34,744
Margin
27,129
4.27%
Candidates
4 contested · winner AIADMK- 1DHAMOTHARAN M.C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3,09,98548.8%
- 2VENKATESAN P.R.S.TMCM · TMCM2,82,85644.6%
- 3ERAMADASS, DR. RIndian National Congress · INC40,6036.4%
- 4NAMBIYAR K.Rashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,3000.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–TMCM swing
- +60.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 48.8%
- TMCM share
- 56.2% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- 66.5% → 59.0%