Constituency
414. Nagercoil
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-NAGERCOIL
TMCM 50.0%won by 4.9%BJP 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedTMCM held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 4.9% to 4.9%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 65.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,28,393
Turnout
57.7%
Valid votes
5,93,176
Margin
29,185
4.92%
Candidates
6 contested · winner TMCM- 1DENNIS, N.TMCM · TMCM2,96,61150.0%
- 2RADHAKRISHNAN, P.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,67,42645.1%
- 3STANISLAUS, P.S.Indian National Congress · INC27,8214.7%
- 4AYYAPPAN, A.Independent · IND9040.2%
- 5NAGOOR MEERAN PEER MOHAMED U.Independent · IND2870.0%
- 6JOSEPH, P.Independent · IND1270.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- TMCM
- TMCM–BJP swing
- −0.0%
- TMCM share
- 35.2% → 50.0%
- BJP share
- 30.2% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- 57.7% → 57.7%