Constituency
409. Ramanathapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-RAMANATHAPURAM
AIADMK 43.8%won by 4.1%TMCM 39.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 4.1%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 43.8% of the vote here (+43.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.6% of the vote between them, up from 74.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.0% to 54.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,78,503
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
5,90,822
Margin
24,092
4.08%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1SATHIAMOORTHY, V.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,58,97843.8%
- 2UDAYAPPAN. SP.TMCM · TMCM2,34,88639.8%
- 3NAZEERA PARVIN.K.THIRUMATHI.DR.Puthiya Tamilagam · PT53,5429.1%
- 4RAJESHWAREN, V.Indian National Congress · INC24,9424.2%
- 5KARTHIKEYAN, R.Samajwadi Party · SP17,5693.0%
- 6MUTHU GANAPATHY, R.Independent · IND9050.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–TMCM swing
- +57.1%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 43.8%
- TMCM share
- 53.0% → 39.8%
- Turnout
- 59.8% → 54.8%