Constituency
408. Sivaganga
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SIVAGANGA
TMCM 51.2%won by 10.0%AIADMK 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedTMCM held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.3% to 10.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.9% to 55.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,76,206
Turnout
55.2%
Valid votes
5,94,036
Margin
59,141
9.96%
Candidates
7 contested · winner TMCM- 1CHIDAMBARAM, P.TMCM · TMCM3,03,85451.2%
- 2KALIMUTHU, K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,44,71341.2%
- 3GOWRISHANKARAN, M.Indian National Congress · INC34,1145.7%
- 4SANTHI UDAYAPPAN, THIRUMATHI.Puthiya Tamilagam · PT6,8471.2%
- 5NALLASAMY, E.Rashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,8390.6%
- 6GUNASEKARAN, P.Independent · IND3890.1%
- 7ANNADURAI, G.Independent · IND2800.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- TMCM
- TMCM–AIADMK swing
- −54.8%
- TMCM share
- 64.8% → 51.2%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- 61.1% → 55.2%