Constituency
396. Pollachi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-POLLACHI
AIADMK 55.2%won by 17.2%TMCM 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 17.2%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 34.0% to 55.2% of the vote here (+21.2%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.6% to 54.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,26,056
Turnout
54.0%
Valid votes
5,54,275
Margin
95,401
17.21%
Candidates
5 contested · winner AIADMK- 1THIYAGARAJAN M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3,06,08355.2%
- 2KOVAI THANGAMTMCM · TMCM2,10,68238.0%
- 3ESWARAVELU R.Indian National Congress · INC31,9675.8%
- 4JOTHIRAJ M.Puthiya Tamilagam · PT4,9260.9%
- 5MANI K.Independent · IND6170.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–TMCM swing
- +38.4%
- AIADMK share
- 34.0% → 55.2%
- TMCM share
- 55.2% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- 67.7% → 54.0%