Constituency
381. Arakkonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-ARAKKONAM
DMK 47.7%won by 13.2%INC 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 13.2%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 47.7% of the vote here (+47.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from TMCM (TMCM) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.3% between them, down from 96.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,20,043
Turnout
64.8%
Valid votes
7,26,113
Margin
95,644
13.17%
Candidates
11 contested · winner DMK- 1Jagathrakshakan, S. Dr.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,46,52047.7%
- 2Thangka Balu, K.V.Indian National Congress · INC2,50,87634.6%
- 3Velu, A.M.TMCM · TMCM1,21,38616.7%
- 4Arunkumar, S.RPIA · RPIA2,1800.3%
- 5Sampath, S.Independent · IND1,6830.2%
- 6Maniezhilan, A. PulavarIndependent · IND9890.1%
- 7Raji, A.D.Independent · IND6560.1%
- 8Kanthappan, A.Independent · IND6070.1%
- 9Balaraman, S.Independent · IND5680.1%
- 10Muniswamy, K.A.Independent · IND4190.1%
- 11Amirdhalingam, T.R.Independent · IND2290.0%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +16.7%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 47.7%
- INC share
- 3.5% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- 65.0% → 64.8%