Constituency
393. Nilgiris
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-NILGIRIS
BJP 46.5%won by 8.7%TMCM 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.7%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 4.3% to 46.5% of the vote here (+42.2%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.4% to 53.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,94,110
Turnout
53.7%
Valid votes
6,94,358
Margin
60,385
8.70%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJP- 1MATHAN M. ALIAS MASTER MATHAN M.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,22,81846.5%
- 2BALASUBRAMONIYAN S.R.TMCM · TMCM2,62,43337.8%
- 3PRABHU R.Indian National Congress · INC1,06,58815.4%
- 4BHASKARAN M.Independent · IND1,4160.2%
- 5RAMESH C.Independent · IND1,1030.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–TMCM swing
- +67.3%
- BJP share
- 4.3% → 46.5%
- TMCM share
- 62.9% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- 63.0% → 53.7%