Constituency
406. Thanjavur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-THANJAVUR
DMK 51.8%won by 7.7%MDMK 44.1%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.2% to 7.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) finished second with 44.1% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 87.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.7% to 61.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,13,609
Turnout
61.8%
Valid votes
6,26,080
Margin
48,204
7.70%
Candidates
5 contested · winner DMK- 1PALANIMANICKAM, S.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,24,34451.8%
- 2GANESAN, L.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK2,76,14044.1%
- 3MATHIYALAGAN.Indian National Congress · INC23,1093.7%
- 4UMA.S.THIRUMATHIIndependent · IND1,2960.2%
- 5SOZHAMANNAR KANAKARAJA, K.Independent · IND1,1910.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–MDMK swing
- −51.1%
- DMK share
- 58.8% → 51.8%
- MDMK share
- 0.0% → 44.1%
- Turnout
- 68.5% → 61.8%