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399. Madurai

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MADURAI

JP 40.5%won by 3.2%TMCM 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to Janahitha Paksha (JP), which now leads by 3.2%.

  • JP vote shareJP went from 20.1% to 40.5% of the vote here (+20.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.8% of the vote between them, up from 66.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 11.2% to 48.7%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
13,49,265
Turnout
48.7%
Valid votes
6,57,651
Margin
20,897
3.18%

Candidates

11 contested · winner JP
  1. 1SUBRAMANIAN SWAMYJanahitha Paksha · JP2,66,20240.5%
  2. 2RAMBABU.A.G.S.TMCM · TMCM2,45,30537.3%
  3. 3MOHAN . PCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,10,86216.9%
  4. 4PANDIAN. DIndian National Congress · INC17,5072.7%
  5. 5RAJINI THIRUMATHIIndependent · IND5,4850.8%
  6. 6RAMACHANDRAN.SIndependent · IND4,9770.8%
  7. 7PALANISAMY,RIndependent · IND4,7640.7%
  8. 8SESHACHARI,R.VAJBP · AJBP9670.1%
  9. 9SOUNDRA PANDIAN, K.RIndependent · IND6630.1%
  10. 10THALAPATHY BALU,S.PIndependent · IND4980.1%
  11. 11DHANASEKAR,TTLJ · TLJ4210.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
TMCM
Winner now
JPflipped
JP–TMCM swing
+29.6%
JP share
20.1% → 40.5%
TMCM share
46.5% → 37.3%
Turnout
59.9% → 48.7%
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