Constituency
398. Dindigul
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DINDIGUL
AIADMK 46.5%won by 2.6%TMCM 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 2.6%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 25.4% to 46.5% of the vote here (+21.1%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 12.8% to 51.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,43,880
Turnout
51.9%
Valid votes
5,93,173
Margin
15,199
2.56%
Candidates
8 contested · winner AIADMK- 1SREENIVAASAN C.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,76,10646.5%
- 2CHITTHAN N.S.V.TMCM · TMCM2,60,90744.0%
- 3LATHA, SMADMK · MADMK35,1195.9%
- 4SANTHANAKRISHNAN C.Puthiya Tamilagam · PT19,1763.2%
- 5BASKARAN R.Independent · IND8080.1%
- 6KALIMUTHU S.Independent · IND5400.1%
- 7SHANKAR P.Independent · IND2950.0%
- 8PALANICHAMY K.Independent · IND2220.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–TMCM swing
- +41.1%
- AIADMK share
- 25.4% → 46.5%
- TMCM share
- 64.0% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- 64.7% → 51.9%