Constituency
410. Sivakasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SIVAKASI
MDMK 50.7%won by 17.6%CPI 33.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), which now leads by 17.6%.
- MDMK vote shareMDMK went from 26.4% to 50.7% of the vote here (+24.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.7% of the vote between them, up from 58.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 63.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,03,627
Turnout
63.5%
Valid votes
7,64,917
Margin
1,34,923
17.64%
Candidates
13 contested · winner MDMK- 1VAIKOMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,87,69450.7%
- 2ALAGIRISAMY, V.Communist Party of India · CPI2,52,77133.0%
- 3SATHIYAMOORTHY, S.Puthiya Tamilagam · PT1,06,72614.0%
- 4RAJENDRAN, K.Indian National Congress · INC9,7451.3%
- 5MARIAPPAN, K.Independent · IND1,9220.3%
- 6PONNUSAMY, C.Independent · IND1,7560.2%
- 7MANMATHAN, M.Independent · IND1,0210.1%
- 8THIAGARAJAN ALIAS YOGAKANNAN, P.I.D.Independent · IND7930.1%
- 9GURUSAMY, M.Independent · IND6390.1%
- 10RAJASEKAR, A.Rashtriya Janata Dal · RJD6270.1%
- 11RENGANAYAGAM, S.V.Independent · IND5830.1%
- 12KANNAN, V.Independent · IND3690.0%
- 13RAMASAMY, R.P.Independent · IND2710.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- MDMKflipped
- MDMK–CPI swing
- +22.0%
- MDMK share
- 26.4% → 50.7%
- CPI share
- 30.8% → 33.0%
- Turnout
- 66.3% → 63.5%