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401. Karur

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KARUR

AIADMK 50.4%won by 6.7%TMCM 43.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 6.7%.

  • AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 33.1% to 50.4% of the vote here (+17.3%).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 10.6% to 57.5%.

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

Electorate
11,30,361
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
6,49,880
Margin
43,673
6.72%

Candidates

12 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1THAMBI DURAI.MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3,27,48050.4%
  2. 2NATRAYAN. KTMCM · TMCM2,83,80743.7%
  3. 3SHANMUGA SUNDRAM .K.PIndian National Congress · INC30,1574.6%
  4. 4KAMARAJ .SPuthiya Tamilagam · PT5,4490.8%
  5. 5RAMASWAMY,R.MIndependent · IND5220.1%
  6. 6KANNAN.PIndependent · IND4840.1%
  7. 7SUNDARRAJ.PIndependent · IND4740.1%
  8. 8MARIMUTHU.VRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4110.1%
  9. 9MURUGESAN.P.Independent · IND4030.1%
  10. 10MANOHAR.V.Independent · IND3200.0%
  11. 11SELVARAJU.SIndependent · IND2060.0%
  12. 12ASOKAN.KIndependent · IND1670.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
TMCM
Winner now
AIADMKflipped
AIADMK–TMCM swing
+29.8%
AIADMK share
33.1% → 50.4%
TMCM share
56.1% → 43.7%
Turnout
68.1% → 57.5%
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