Constituency
394. Gobichettipalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-GOBICHETTIPALAYAM
AIADMK 54.7%won by 19.0%DMK 35.7%
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 19.0%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 31.7% to 54.7% of the vote here (+23.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.4% of the vote between them, up from 84.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.5% to 59.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,21,268
Turnout
59.0%
Valid votes
6,02,455
Margin
1,14,642
19.03%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1CHINNASAMY V.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3,29,75354.7%
- 2RAMASAMY N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,15,11135.7%
- 3ELANKOVAN E.V.K.S.Indian National Congress · INC48,5318.1%
- 4SURESH L.Independent · IND7,8361.3%
- 5BANNARIIndependent · IND6150.1%
- 6MURUGHAN V.A.Independent · IND6090.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +40.5%
- AIADMK share
- 31.7% → 54.7%
- DMK share
- 53.2% → 35.7%
- Turnout
- 68.5% → 59.0%