Constituency
391. Salem
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SALEM
IND 55.5%won by 20.6%TMCM 34.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 20.6%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.7% to 55.5% of the vote here (+54.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.3% of the vote between them, up from 76.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 55.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,78,177
Turnout
55.9%
Valid votes
6,58,973
Margin
1,35,880
20.62%
Candidates
10 contested · winner IND- 1RAMAMURTHY K.Independent · IND3,65,55755.5%
- 2DEVADASS R.TMCM · TMCM2,29,67734.9%
- 3THANGKABALU K.V.Indian National Congress · INC48,0277.3%
- 4SAMPATHKUMAR P.Independent · IND10,3111.6%
- 5KESAVARAJAN S.AJBP · AJBP2,0910.3%
- 6PADMANABHAN A.G.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,7100.3%
- 7MARIMUTHU P.Independent · IND5500.1%
- 8PALANISAMY K.Independent · IND4950.1%
- 9SINGARAVELU C.Independent · IND4050.1%
- 10PERIASAMY T.Independent · IND1500.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–TMCM swing
- +67.0%
- IND share
- 0.7% → 55.5%
- TMCM share
- 47.1% → 34.9%
- Turnout
- 62.0% → 55.9%