Election
Constituency

382. Vellore

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-VELLORE

PMK 47.1%won by 3.7%AIADMK 43.4%

What changed here

Derived

Pattali Makkal Katchi held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 3.9% to 3.7%.

  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 43.4% — it did not contest here in 1998.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
11,52,421
Turnout
59.8%
Valid votes
6,89,375
Margin
25,685
3.73%

Candidates

8 contested · winner PMK
  1. 1Shanmugam, N.T.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,24,54747.1%
  2. 2Mohamed AsifAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,98,86243.4%
  3. 3Thamizharasan, C.K.TMCM · TMCM44,5516.5%
  4. 4Thanikesan, M.Independent · IND15,1582.2%
  5. 5Kuppusamy, M.Independent · IND4,4710.6%
  6. 6Sathiyamoorthy, JIndependent · IND7240.1%
  7. 7Subbarayan, C.Independent · IND6550.1%
  8. 8Panneer, V.N.Independent · IND4070.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
PMK
Winner now
PMK
PMK–AIADMK swing
−45.4%
PMK share
49.1% → 47.1%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 43.4%
Turnout
61.2% → 59.8%
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