Constituency
392. Tiruchengode
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-TIRUCHENGODE
AIADMK 54.7%won by 13.8%DMK 40.9%
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 13.8%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 33.4% to 54.7% of the vote here (+21.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.6% of the vote between them, up from 90.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 11.0% to 52.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,60,292
Turnout
52.0%
Valid votes
7,58,625
Margin
1,04,809
13.82%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1PALANISWAMY K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK4,14,99254.7%
- 2RAMALINGAM K.P. Dr.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,10,18340.9%
- 3PALANISAMY P.Indian National Congress · INC28,4213.7%
- 4BACKIYAM D.Puthiya Tamilagam · PT2,4420.3%
- 5SELVAM S.V.Independent · IND1,4830.2%
- 6THILLAIKKARASI PON.S.Independent · IND6220.1%
- 7SENGODAN R.Independent · IND4820.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +37.0%
- AIADMK share
- 33.4% → 54.7%
- DMK share
- 56.6% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- 63.0% → 52.0%