Constituency
404. Mayiladuturai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MAYILADUTURAI
TMCM 45.7%won by 6.8%PMK 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedTMCM held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.3% to 6.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.2% to 63.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,90,666
Turnout
63.2%
Valid votes
6,26,270
Margin
42,456
6.78%
Candidates
9 contested · winner TMCM- 1KRISHNAMOORTHY, K.TMCM · TMCM2,86,09845.7%
- 2ARULMOZHI, P.D.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2,43,64238.9%
- 3MANI SHANKAR AIYAR,Independent · IND72,91111.6%
- 4THIRUNAVUKKARASU, R.Indian National Congress · INC15,2652.4%
- 5BALU. DR.Puthiya Tamilagam · PT2,1890.3%
- 6PANDIAN, K.Rashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,1200.3%
- 7BALASUNDARAM, S.Cpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,9650.3%
- 8DHAYALAN, ABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5280.2%
- 9SHEIK DAWOOD. DR. A.Independent · IND5520.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- TMCM
- TMCM–PMK swing
- −43.1%
- TMCM share
- 55.7% → 45.7%
- PMK share
- 5.9% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- 69.4% → 63.2%